Month: March 2014

On 10th March 2014 at 16:00 PSP Portimão arrested a person aged 25 years for trafficking in narcotics, in the city of Portimão.

About a month ago the PSP became aware of an outbreak of drug trafficking in a residential area of the city. PSP investigated this and mounted an operation in order to intercept the suspect in the act of selling the drugs.

When the suspect was stopped and searched a total of 19 individual doses of heroin, 2 single doses of cocaine, 2 mobile phones and €52.55  in cash were seized whereupon the person was arrested.

The suspect was detained and will appear in court on 11th March.

On 6th March 2014 a 21 year-old man was arrested by GNR Lagoa on suspicion of drug trafficking.

He was approached by GNR officers in the street and found to be in possession of 9.9 doses of hashish and €150 euros in cash. In a subsequent search of his residence GNR officers discovered and seized a further 326 doses of hashish, a precision scale and two cartridges. He has been notified to appear in court.

On 6th March 2014 the  Center of Criminal Investigation GNR Loulé, arrested a 47 year old man for operating an illegal scrapyard and seized several stolen items.

The operation involved a search of his residence, in which, four LCD three electric pumps for water, three air conditioning motors, a water heater, an electric boiler, one shredder, two compressors, a welding machine, a chainsaw, leaf blower, two car radios, various taps and mixers new, and  several hundred feet of copper wire electricity and telecommunications, worth together around €10,000.

Also seized was €3600 euros, which is suspected to originate from the activity of buying and selling junk and stolen material plus a caliber 6.35 weapon. The scrapyard was finally closed and sealed for lack of license.

Also seized were two potentially dangerous breed of dogs without the appropriate documentation. The arrested person will appear before the Court of Loulé.

A woman under investigation by the GNR for the abuse of her daughter, has been arrested after a search was conducted at her home during which various weapons were found.

Acting on a warrant issued  by NAVE the authorities discovered a 6.35 mm pistol plus a number of martial arts weapons including a sword, a bow and arrows, “ninja” arrows, batons with spikes, various knives and pepper spray.

Serviço de Estrangeiros e Fronteiras (SEF) have signed on 27th February 2014 in Faro, a Memorandum of Cooperation with Associação Safe Communities Algarve ‘(SCA).

This aims to establish a framework of cooperation between the SEF and the SCA, in order to disseminate among the foreign community, information about the mission and tasks of the development of SEF, both in the area of internal security, compliance with documentation including matters such as legalization of stay in the national territory.

The protocol was signed by the Regional Director of SEF Algarve, Inspectora Superior Fátima Teixeira, and the President of the Associação Safe Communities Algarve, David Thomas at the premises of the SEF Regional Directorate of the Algarve SEF.

David Thomas said” I am delighted with this agreement as it will help in the development of a number of new initiatives and help promote the work of SEF as well as furthering awareness of various immigration matters among the foreign population here in the Algarve”.