Preventive detention for one of the three suspects of attempted robbery in Elvas
In a statement, the Portalegre District Command of the PSP revealed that the identity of the three suspects was already known since the day of the attempted robbery, with one of them being arrested this Monday, in coordination with the Public Prosecutor’s Office (MP). Contacted by Lusa news agency, a source from the National Directorate […]
Suspect of child pornography arrested by PJ in Mirandela
“The investigation stems from alerts by international entities regarding the possession and sharing of content involving child pornography on internet platforms,” explains this criminal investigation force in a statement. The Judiciary Police (PJ) adds that, during a home search, “it was possible to seize various digital contents that fall under the concept of ‘child pornography’ […]
Preventive detention for trio caught with cocaine at Lisbon airport
The Judicial Police (PJ) arrested two men and a woman in recent days at Humberto Delgado Airport in Lisbon on suspicion of drug trafficking. In a statement, the PJ explained that the suspects “were transporting inside their bodies, from a South American country, an amount of drugs corresponding to at least 30,000 individual doses if […]
Group of young people assaulted and robbed by duo in Lumiar garden
Two young individuals, aged between 16 and 17, were arrested for robbery on August 12 in the Lumiar parish of Lisbon, the Public Security Police (PSP) revealed on Wednesday in a statement. According to the authorities, the duo threatened and assaulted a group of young people who were “socializing in a garden” to steal two […]
Preventive detention for suspects of attempted homicide, kidnapping, and robbery in Faro
In a statement, the Public Prosecutor’s Office (MP) reports that two men, aged 22 and 27, were involved in several violent episodes during this period with people they knew. In early June, in Faro, the 27-year-old detainee “fired two pistol shots at the feet” of a victim. Days later, both detainees, in collaboration with another […]
Pedophile priest who fled Spain may be in Portugal. “Dangerous”
A Spanish priest sentenced to 32 years in prison for sexual abuse of minors in Spain, who has been on the run for 17 months, may be in Portugal. On Monday, Spanish authorities shared a photograph of the 42-year-old priest on social media platform X, identifying him as one of the country’s most wanted men […]
Arrested after chasing, assaulting, and attempting to rape woman in Maia
A 34-year-old man was arrested for attempted rape in the municipality of Maia, Porto district, as revealed by the National Republican Guard (GNR) in a statement released on Wednesday. According to the authorities, the man, arrested on August 9, is suspected of following a 42-year-old woman, taking advantage of the moment when she was alone […]
Portuguese man who attempted to kill woman in Vigo threatens her again. “Panic”
“It’s been horrible, worse than the first time he tried to kill me.” This is how Eliza describes what she’s going through again, eight years after being the target of an attempted murder by her then-husband, Portuguese millionaire Carlos Pinto, at a hotel in Vigo, Spain. Almost a decade after being violently attacked with a […]
Kidnapped man for thinking he had robbed him. Was arrested in Amarante
A man was located and arrested on Monday by the Judicial Police (PJ) for kidnapping, coercing, and threatening another man with prohibited weapons in Amarante. The crimes occurred on October 23 of last year. According to a statement from the PJ, the 31-year-old suspect believed that the victim “had stolen three motorcycles from him days […]
Two defendants after illegal nursing home closes in Oliveira de Azeméis
A man and a woman were named as suspects on Thursday for the crime of elder abuse in Oliveira de Azeméis, in the district of Aveiro. “As part of an investigation into elder abuse at an illegal care facility, in collaboration with inspectors from the Investigation Department of the Central Inspection Unit of Social Security […]
