The Judicial Police, through the Directorate of Lisbon and Tagus Valley, have identified and arrested three men, 20, 21 and 44 years old, in connection with aggravated robbery and kidnapping.

The cases were committed in May last year, on public roads in Cascais. The alleged perpetrators approached the victim, a woman, forcing her into a car and threatened her with a firearm. Having seized her personal property the vehicle was abandoned some time later.

The detainees will appear before the court for remand proceedings and Judicial Police to will investigate the possible involvement of the group in similar cases.