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The owner of a goldsmith shop in Corroios, Seixal, shot and wounded a thief, about 20 years old, who tried to rob the establishment with the help of three accomplices in the early evening of yesterday.

The wounded man has a bullet lodged in the head and was, on Friday night, in the Intensive Care of Garcia de Orta Hospital, Almada. The dealer’s brother was beaten and transported to the same hospital unit.

The thieves are part of a gang already referenced by assaults to goldsmiths on the south bank of the Tagus. The crime occurred at 18:55 hrs at the goldsmith’s shop, on Rua do Casa do Povo. Four hooded men approached the compound. Two stood at the door and the other two entered. One was armed with a pistol and the other had a cobblestone in his hand. The owners of the goldsmith shop, two brothers, were inside, one at the counter and the other at the office. There would be a third person inside the goldsmith shop.

The merchant who was in attendance, about 50 years old, was beaten and kicked. Upon seeing the brother being beaten, the other owner of the goldsmith’s shop would have taken the pistol and made at least two shots. One of the thieves was hit in the head and fell inanimate. The other three robbers fled, leaving much damage inside the goldsmith shop.

Maria do Céu, spokeswoman for the PSP Command of Setúbal, told CM that the alert was received at 19.00 hrs. “Several patrols were quick to come, saw the injured assailant on the ground and the dealer with signs of aggression,” he explained.

The Seixal Firefighters sent nine men and five vehicles to the scene. The most serious wound was stabilized and taken to critical condition for the hospital. The PJ of Setúbal was, last night, questioning the merchant who fired the shots, as well as other witnesses.

 

According to a report in the Diario de Noticais almost 8,000 counterfeit euro banknotes were withdrawn from circulation in Portugal last year, 9.7% less than in 2015, with the balance of 20 euros being more counterfeit, Banco de Portugal (BdP) reported today.

The bank regulator reports that the 20 euro note “remains the most counterfeit”, accounting for about 50% of counterfeit notes withdrawn from circulation. Last year, 3,876 unfavourable notes of 20 euros were seized, compared to 4,755 seized in 2015.

Soon thereafter, the 50 banknotes, denomination in which 2,699 counterfeits were seized, compared to 2,406 during the past year.

In a note, Banco de Portugal considers that the number of counterfeits seized in Portugal “continues to be residual”, when compared to total banknotes in circulation.

According to the communiqué of the European Central Bank (ECB), also published on the page of the Bop in the second half of last year, 353,000 counterfeit euro banknotes were withdrawn, a slight increase compared to the first half and 20, 7% less than in the second half of 2015.

The € 20 and € 50 banknotes accounted for about 80% of counterfeits, with € 50 to lead counterfeits.

The majority (93.6%) of counterfeit notes were detected in euro area countries, with around 5.4% of notes being seized in non-euro area Member States of the European Union and 1% In other parts of the world.

 

The Cybercrime Unit of the Judiciary Police (PJ) today announced the arrest of a woman who used her employer’s bank card codes to get her about 43,000 euros for almost a year.

According to the Unit to Combat Cybercrime and Technological Crime, the woman did domestic work at the injured person’s home in the Lisbon area and abused a trusting relationship using the cards to raise money for themselves.

The woman was present at a first judicial interrogation and the authorities seized several objects acquired with the money that was able to remove to the boss.

That specialized unit of the PJ also participated in Switzerland in an investigation into card-sharing cases, which consist of illegitimate access to coded television channels carried out by Portuguese people in Swiss territory.

Computer hardware was seized that will be examined by the Portuguese police to try to identify suspects.

The PJ warns that anyone who illegally accesses encrypted cable, satellite or fiber channels risks a sentence of up to three years in prison.

In accordance with the framework of a preventive operation to combat drug trafficking, the Criminal Investigation unit – Câmara de Lobos Police, have arrested a woman, residing in the municipality of Câmara de Lobos, indicted for the crime of drug trafficking.

Investigations carried out by the Security Police Public, resulted in the seizure of about 486 individual doses of product suspected of being “Pollen “Hashish”, which is prohibited by law, as well as a kitchen knife used to cut the narcotic used by consumers of these illegal psychoactive additives.

The detainee was constituted defendant, subject to expiration of identity and residence and was present at the Investigation and Criminal Action of the Judicial District of Madeira, for the first judicial interrogation and,

Application of other measures of coercion was made, where it confirmed the measure of term and identity and residence.

The Regional Command of the PSP of Madeira recommends to all citizens that, whenever they have knowledge of or suspect a crime to contact, in the shortest possible time the PSP Police Station in order to enable police intervention in good time and for better service to the community.

The Regional Police of the Public Security Police of Madeira reports that, following a shooting incident in the Serra de Agua area, the PSP Ribeira Brava, have intercepted and detained a male person residing in Ribeira Brava, indicted for the possession of different weapons, detonators and a firearm. These included long barrel weapons and various munitions in conditions contrary to the legal regime of arms and ammunition.

The arrested suspect was also identified as allegedly shooting a person with a shotgun who subdued him, striking him in the lower and upper limbs. The assailant then left the scene with tendering any help to the victim.

The victim was transported to the hospital and was admitted but without any life threatening injuries.

In subsequent police investigations carried out in the locality jointly by patrols of the Ribeira Brava, Ponta do Sol, São Vicente and the Criminal Investigation unit, it was possible to recover and seize the firearm used in the attack, which had been hidden by the assailant.

The detainee was constituted defendant and subject to expiration of identity and residence. Evidence is being collected in collaboration with the Judicial Police, before determining the full nature of the incident..

A 40-year-old Republican National Guard (GNR) military man was stabbed this morning 26^th January by three individuals in the area of Campanário.

According to DAILY, the victim was off duty and was attacked when he went to the cafe accompanied by his family, where he was approached by these individuals, who hit him in the arm.

It is known that in these last days the GNR have carried out a service where the alleged aggressors were targeted and booked, all leading to believe that it was a reprisal.

The perpetrators of the crime fled but were soon identified and detained by the GNR. They are currently in the GNR barracks that will later contact the Public Prosecutor to see if they will or will not be present today in court.

The Public Security Police seized drugs and a large sum of money – some tens of thousands of euros – allegedly resulting from drug trafficking, which was held by two individuals.

The seizure resulted from a discreet operation to combat narcotics trafficking that was carried out last Tuesday by agents of the Criminal Investigation Station of Funchal. The seizure were made following the execution of search warrants but the full details have not yet been released by the PSP Regional Command.

 

The PSP detained six people and seized drugs of various kinds, in Castelo Branco, following eight home searches conducted during the night, announced the District Command of Castelo Branco.

In a statement, the PSP of Castelo Branco explains that the detainees, five men and one woman, between the ages of 18 and 30, are all suspected of committing crimes related to drug trafficking.

The arrests were made following eight home searches carried out at dawn in the city of Castelo Branco by elements of the criminal investigation squad and two dog teams of the Special Police Unit.

“High amounts of narcotics were seized, as well as various objects related to the crimes committed and also money that is suspected to result from the illicit activity carried out by the inmates,” reads the statement from the PSP of Castelo Branco.

Among the material seized by the agents are 1400 grams of hashish, 775 LSD seals, 50 ecstasy tablets, three cannabis sativa plants and about 100 grams of the same substance already dried and ready for consumption, 0.8 grams Of MDMA (methylenedioxymethamphetamine) and 0.26 grams of ketamine.

Also seized were 850 euros in cash, 12 mobile phones, a portable computer, 16 ammunition of prohibited firearms and an explosive smoke signaling device.

“This police operation results from an investigation carried out by this police, under the coordination of the Public Prosecutor’s Office of Castelo Branco, which originated in detentions carried out some time ago by several individuals for drug trafficking in educational establishments in this city,”

SIS official Carvalhão Gil, arrested in May in Rome for alleged espionage and violation of state secrecy and other crimes, is still under house arrest after the Lisbon Court of Appeal today dismissed the appeal.

According to a note from the TRL, sent to Lusa agency, “the measure of coercion of obligation of permanence in housing was maintained, and the appeal was dismissed.”

The SIS agent was arrested in Rome on 21 May caught in the act of sellingl NATO information to a Russian spy holder with a diplomatic passport as part of an investigation involving the Central Criminal Investigation and Action Department (DCIAP) ), The Judicial Police, which deployed investigators to Italy, and EUROJUST.

At stake are crimes of espionage, breach of state secrecy, corruption and money laundering related to suspicions of transmission of information, in exchange for money, by the SIS official to the Russian intelligence agent. Reported in Jornal de Noticais