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The GNR Territorial Command of Leiria, through the Territorial Detachment of Pombal recovered yesterday, April 10, in Figueiró dos Vinhos, hundreds of articles stolen from the interior of residences.

During the investigation, two domiciliary searches and two non-domiciliary searches were carried out and two men were identified.

The following items were seized; Electrical building tools; DIY tools; Agricultural tools; Electric material; Plumbing material; Hoses; 950 liters of normal diesel; 550 liters of marked / colored diesel, Four 11-kg propane gas cylinders; Four cylinders of 11-well butane gas; 19 wheels; 12 tires of various brands / sizes; A trumpet; 210 recorded DVD’s.

The two suspects, aged 34 and 39, were accused and subjected to an identity and residence term.

The action was supported by the Fiscal Action Unit.

According to reports in El Pais newspaper, about 800 Portuguese students have caused serious damage to a hotel in Torremolinos. The police value in “thousands of euros” the destruction, although the figure is pending final valuation.

According to police sources the students tore up tiles, threw mattresses out the windows, emptied fire extinguishers in the hotel corridors and even threw a television in the bathtub.

The events took place at the Hotel Pueblo Camino Real, located on the beach front in the Los Alamos area of ​​Torremolinos, on Friday night (7^th April)

Those responsible for the establishment have reported the damage to the police, which has opened an investigation. The hotel he acknowledges that nothing like that had ever happened to them before.

It has been subsequently reported that many of the students are being returned to Portugal under escort of the PSP police who are working with their Spanish counterparts concerning this matter. The incident has been confirmed by the PSP.

At this time, hundreds of students from Portugal usually travel to Benalmadena or Torremolinos to celebrate their end of school year.

A man was arrested on 3^rd April on suspicion of defrauding an elderly woman in Setúbal following the entry into circulation of the new note of 50 euros

The Territorial Command of the Republican National Guard (GNR) of Setubal said that the man, 69, was “a bank employee and approached the victim in her residence convincing her to give him all the 50 euro banknotes that she had them at home to change them for new ones. ”

The suspect claimed that the old banknotes would go out of circulation and fled towards Setúbal, according to the GNR.

“The old woman gave 28 banknotes of 50 euros to the suspect who fled towards Setúbal,” the GNR said, adding that “after learning of what happened, the military began proceedings that allowed them to locate and intercept the suspect still in possession of the stolen money” .

The man was subject to term of identity and residence.

The new 50 euro note, the most used in the euro zone, entered into circulation on 4^th April, with authorities believed to be safer than the current note of the same value that is more counterfeit.

The new orange note will circulate at the same time of the current note of the same value, and there is no need to exchange the old notes.

Also, GNR said on Tuesday it was carrying out awareness-raising actions to prevent fraud related to the entry into circulation of the new 50 euro note.

The GNR warned that “there is no one mandated by any banking institution to collect the old 50 euro banknotes and that, should they come across such proposals, they should contact” the nearest GNR post.

To make sure the grade is not false, GNR advises citizens to use the “Play, Watch and Tilt” method.

Thus the consumer must feel the relief print on the left and right sides, observe in the light to see “a portrait of Europe, figures representing value and the main motif, as well as a small window-shaped cutout” and tilting the note so as to “see the emerald number with an up and down movement light effect”.

This hologram presents a picture of Europe and the figures representative of the value of the note.

The Judiciary Police detained a couple on suspicion of computer fraud, counterfeiting credit cards and seized computer hardware, consoles, video games, watches, brand clothing, perfumes and about 10,000 euros in cash.

In a statement released on 6^th April 2017, the PJ said that the 29-year-old couple had been using “third-party bank card data” for more than a year, buying goods fraudulently and committing computer fraud and counterfeiting equivalent to a currency, amounting to 280,000 euros.

The investigation of the National Unit to Combat Cybercrime and Technological Crime began a year ago and was assisted by Paywatch, a fraud detection and prevention organization.

“The detainees made this practice their way of life, and after the acquisition of the goods, they resold both in the online market and at cash converters,” reads the note.

The Food and Economic Security Authority (ASAE) announced on 7^th April that it had seized about 5,000 liters of frozen goat’s milk for lack of traceability in the district of Viseu.

In a statement, ASAE explains that, on March 29, the specialized inspection brigade of the animal products industries of the Regional Unit of the Center carried out “an inspection action directed at a cheese-making industry in the district of Viseu “.

The objective was “to ensure compliance with the general food safety requirements”, he explained.

According to the ASAE, as a result of this action “a process of mismanagement was identified namely a lack of traceability of the milk. As a result they seized about five thousand liters of frozen goat’s milk, with a total value of around 3200 euros.”

ASAE guarantees that it will continue to develop surveillance actions throughout the national territory”.

The Tribunal de Penafiel sentenced a former bar owner for aiding prostitution, to pay money earned from prostitution to the State after having been calculated the difference between the declared income and his assets.

The former manager of a Lixa alternating house in Felgueiras was sentenced to pay 253,000 euros to the State, an amount that the Tribunal de Penafiel estimated to be derived from the practice of aiding prostitution and illegal immigration.

The owner was also sentenced to two years and three months imprisonment, suspended.

The Command Lisbon Metropolitan through No 2 Division from 15 March to 04 April, conducted various supervision visits to various dining establishments and bars resulting in identifying violation of existing rules on the licensing of these establishments and seizure of:

A machine of games of fortune or misfortune, and
A combination of machine gambling

In the same period 13 arrest warrants were exceuted.

In the context of the legal regime of weapons and ammunition, several licence holders were checked concerning the use and possession of weapons, were found which resulted in the seizure of:

Three Rifles,. 12 caliber. GA;
Three Pistols, caliber 6,35 mm.
Three Rifles, 9 mm;
A Revolver, caliber. 32;
A Flare Gun;
Twenty-Nine (29) Cartridges Caliber 12 GA;
Five ammunitions of caliber. 32.

The Regional Police of the Public Security Police of Madeira informs that the PSP Câmara de Lobos Division, conducted an operation on the north coast of the Island of Madeira, which culminated in the seizing of three long-barrelled firearms.

These comprised two shotguns, of 12mm calibre – being held not in accordance to the provisions of the legal regime of weapons and their ammunition.

Seized weapons and their components were deposited at the Command and Control Nucleus

The annual Relatório Anual de Segurança Interna (RASI), (Internal Security Report) (RASI), for 2016, approved on 31st March 2017 by the Assembly of the Republic, consolidates the figures of all police, and enforcement agencies, as well as other information concerning the state of internal security in Portugal.

The very good news is that the report reveals the lowest number of overall crime, especially violent crimes in the Algarve since 1998.

Overall crime in the Algarve for 2016, was 21,515 cases, a decrease of -1.5% compared to 2015. This continues the general decrease since 2008 when the total of crimes were reported stood at 29,248 (a 26.4% decrease). The rate of decrease has been greater than Portugal as a whole, where crime fell by 21.5% during the same period.

The highest crime in terms of numbers in the Algarve is drink driving which stood at 1804 cases, followed by burglary with break-in with 1508, cases; theft from motor vehicles 1469 cases; and minor assault 1425 cases.

In the overall categories of crime in the district, crime against persons stood at 4787 cases up 5.3% against last year and crimes against property 10.381 cases, down 2% compared to 2015.

Violent crime, which includes rape, homicide serious assault and robberies stood at 998 cases an increase of 5.2%.

Safe Communities Portugal has undertaken an analysis of the report and more detailed figures provided by Direção – Geral da Politica de Justiça, to determine the crime situation for Faro (Algarve) District and identify any noticeable crime trends.

These figures do not include non-reported crime, which has not been establish due to ab absence of crime victimization surveys in Portugal.

 

The full report in English can be downloaded here.

The Public Security Police announced on 31st March that it destroyed 3,123 firearms and blank weapons on 30th March, totalling more than 6,000 guns destroyed this year by the security force.

In a statement, the PSP said that the destroyed weapons were declared as lost in favour of the State in the context of criminal, administrative or administrative proceedings, after having been seized in police operations carried out by the police throughout the country.

According to PSP, they also integrated the batch of destroyed weapons, those voluntarily delivered to the State by the owners.

This year marks the second time that PSP has carried out a destruction action in the Lisbon area, with a total of 6,252 firearms and blank weapons.

The PSP will continue the national plan for the management of the seizure of weapons seized or voluntarily delivered, carrying out, on April 12, in Oporto, the third action of destruction, involving the commands of the Public Security Police of the north of the country.