Algarve Situation Report Wednesday 27th April 2022
Northern Irishman who stabbed friend to death in Albufeira
A 30-year-old Northern Irishman, suspected of having killed a friend, this Monday, April 25, in an apartment in a tourist resort in Albufeira, has been arrested.
The crime took place in the early hours of Monday.
According to the Judiciary Police (PJ), it was possible to establish that the victim, a 22-year-old young man, also British, “was attacked using a white weapon”.
Death was eventually declared on the spot.
The detainee, unemployed and already referenced for the practice of violent crimes, will know today the coercive measures.
The investigation is supervised by the DIAP of Albufeira.
Preventive arrest for suspected bank robbers in the Algarve
The Faro Court decreed the preventive detention of a man suspected of bank robberies, detained by the Judiciary Police (PJ) as part of an investigation into these crimes, was released today.
In a statement, the PJ said that the 40-year-old man of Portuguese nationality is suspected of the practice of bank robberies that took place in the eastern Algarve, one of which took place this month.
“Following the communication made by the PSP, it was possible to gather sufficient evidence to attribute to the defendant a robbery and an attempt carried out in the present month of April”, reads the note from the PJ.
The detainee, with a criminal record for the same type of activity, was presented to the competent Judicial Authority in Faro, which determined the coercive measure of preventive detention, adds the PJ.
The investigation, supervised by the Department of Investigation and Criminal Action (DIAP) of Faro, continues to be carried out by the PJ, “aiming at the defendant’s relationship with other facts”, is also mentioned in the note.
On Thursday morning, an ABANCA bank branch in the center of Faro was robbed, and the amount taken by the robber, who managed to escape, is unknown.
At the time, a police source told Lusa that the case was being investigated, without providing further clarification.
At the time, a source linked to the banking sector told Lusa that it was an armed robbery and that the man fled in a car parked next to the gang, where another person was waiting for him.
SEF detains foreigner wanted for rape of minors in Faro
The Foreigners and Borders Service (SEF) detained in Faro a foreign citizen wanted in Italy for rape of minors, the body announced today, underlining the fulfilment of an arrest warrant for extradition issued by the Italian authorities.
According to the SEF note sent to the media, the operation was reported to the SIRENE National Office and the Évora Court of Appeal, where it was presented to a judge, who confirmed the detention and applied the coercive measure of preventive detention.
The individual was later taken to the Lisbon Prison, where he will await his extradition to Italy.
The operation of SEF elements took place on Friday morning, which began by locating and identifying the foreign citizen, after “analysis of an application for a residence permit in which the European arrest warrant for extradition was detected”.
The Algarve Regional Emergency and Civil Protection Command points out in a statement that, in this context, it has been promoting technical forums aimed at municipal executives and parish mayors. Initiatives that focus on the role of the junta president as a close representative of the population and knowledgeable of the territorial reality of his parish, “playing an important role in building a resilient community in the face of risks and vulnerabilities”.
According to the Navy, the alert was received around 8:30 am.
In terms of awareness, the Guarda Nacional Republicana says that it will reinforce the prevention messages of the #NãoSouDeFerro campaign, “to raise awareness, inform and alert drivers, especially those of two-wheeled motor vehicles, to the safety rules that must caution while driving”, awareness-raising initiatives are being carried out in some service areas from north to south of the country and in the vicinity of the Algarve International Circuit.
48 days after the start of the war, all the Algarve municipalities received Ukrainian refugees, according to data from the Foreigners and Borders Service. In total, the SEF has already granted, in the region, 4279 requests for protection to refugees who arrived in the Algarve.
The municipality says in a statement that the tradition that takes place at the Christmas season has been extended since last year at the time of Easter in order to mitigate the impacts of the crisis caused by the pandemic.
“If the situation does not change, the need to ration services begins to emerge, which implies that the transport of some people for consultations or treatments, the so-called non-urgent transport, may no longer be carried out”, they say.
The Navy, through the Lisbon Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC Lisboa), in conjunction with the Urgent Patients Orientation Centre (CODUMAR) and the Portuguese Air Force, coordinated, yesterday afternoon, the medical rescue of a 85-year-old man of British nationality, who was on the ship “Spirit Of Discovery”, sailing at 45 nautical miles, the equivalent of 83 kilometres, south of Faro, and who suffered an acute myocardial infarction.
The winners of the Five Star Regions 2022 Award are already known. For the 5th consecutive year, the best of the Algarve was recognized and awarded, with 13 winners standing out.