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Postal1 Oct

Suspeito terá ferido um homem com uma arma branca e ameaçado outras pessoas de morte. Tribunal decretou prisão preventiva

Algarve Daily News1 Oct

A 43-year-old man suspected of attacking a member of the public with a knife, and threatening others with death, has been arrested in the Algarve town of Lagos, the PSP (Public Security Police) announced on Thursday, 1 October.

Postal1 Oct

Operação da GNR contra o tráfico marítimo levou à detenção de dez homens em Tavira e na Fuzeta e à apreensão de duas embarcações e uma viatura

Portugal Resident1 Oct

Portugal’s GNR police force is carrying out Operation Senior Census 2026, starting today and running until mid-November, which aims principally to assess the living conditions of the country’s elderly, and The post GNR police start ‘Senior Census 2026’ operation appeared first on Portugal Resident .

Postal30 Sept

Operação contra o narcotráfico mobilizou meios terrestres, marítimos e aéreos e terminou com 10 detenções e a apreensão de duas embarcações e uma viatura

Portugal Resident30 Sept

With nearly every day recording yet another seizure of drugs, or drug-related equipment and paraphernalia, PSP police announce that they have detained more than 1.900 suspects and seized more than The post More than 1.900 detained and half ton of drugs seized in seven months appeared first on Portugal Resident .

Portugal Resident30 Sept

A 40-year-old Franco-Portuguese man wanted by French authorities for arms trafficking and money laundering has been arrested in the Algarve municipality of Tavira by Portugal’s PJ police. The man was The post Man wanted in France for arms trafficking arrested in Tavira appeared first on Portugal Resident .

Sul Informação30 Sept

Um homem de 52 anos foi detido pela Polícia Judiciária (PJ) pela presumível violação de uma mulher, de 62 anos, na zona de Odemira, no passado dia 24, foi hoje anunciado. Em comunicado, a PJ explicou que o suspeito foi identificado e… O conteúdo PJ detém homem de 52 anos suspeito de violação de mulher em Odemira aparec

Portugal Resident30 Sept

In another situation where there are two readings of the same situation, Lusa reports today that five of seven PSP police unions have rejected the government’s proposal for a supplement The post Five of seven PSP unions reject proposal on supplement for frontier control police appeared first on Portugal Resident .

Algarve Daily News29 Sept

Betty Grafstein, a prominent British national who has resided in Portugal for decades, has accused her husband, Portuguese socialite José Castelo Branco, of subjecting her to years of physical and psychological abuse.

Postal29 Sept

"Fui tomar o meu café sem assessores de imprensa a tirarem notas, sem fotógrafos de primeira página e sem uma escolta policial a abrir-me caminho. E, por um breve instante, quase me senti o líder do Governo"

Portugal Resident29 Sept

Pride and a sense of belonging to the profession are essential to protect firefighters and police officers from the emotional exhaustion caused by constant exposure to situations of risk, death The post Professional pride protects firefighters and police from emotional exhaustion appeared first on Portugal Resident .

Barlavento28 Sept

A Polícia de Segurança Pública (PSP) efetuou 12 detenções no distrito de Faro entre os dias 25 e 27 de setembro. Três estiveram relacionadas com tráfico de estupefacientes, quatro com permanência irregular em território nacional e duas resultaram do cumprimento de mandados de detenção, informou o Comando Distrital de F

Sul Informação28 Sept

A GNR deteve 94 pessoas em flagrante delito no Algarve, entre 21 e 27 de setembro, numa semana em que as operações policiais permitiram ainda apreender mais de 17 mil doses de canábis. Nas estradas do distrito de Faro, foram detetadas 595… O conteúdo GNR detém 94 pessoas numa semana no Algarve aparece primeiro em Sul I

Postal28 Sept

Entre 21 e 27 de setembro, a GNR deteve 94 pessoas, registou 595 infrações rodoviárias e contabilizou 116 acidentes

Portugal Resident27 Sept

Fourteen people were treated for smoke inhalation after a Delta airlines plane en-route for Boston, in the United States, made an emergency landing in Porto late this afternoon. Four of The post 14 passengers treated for smoke inhalation after plane makes emergency landing in Porto appeared first on Portugal Resident .

Portugal Resident26 Sept

The mayor of Lousada has called for an urgent review of Portugal’s laws governing electric scooters following the death of a 15-year-old boy in an accident in the municipality. According The post Lousada calls for urgent e-scooter rules after teenager’s death appeared first on Portugal Resident .

The Portugal News26 Sept

Military aviators who survive emergency ejections can become members of exclusive clubs celebrating the technology that saved their lives. 

Barlavento25 Sept

A Polícia Marítima apreendeu na Fuzeta uma embarcação com 133 jerricãs que continham 2.600 litros de combustível. O conteúdo Polícia Marítima apreende 133 jerricãs com combustível em embarcação na Fuzeta aparece primeiro em Barlavento .

Postal25 Sept

Descoberta ocorreu em Alvor no mesmo dia em que a GNR intercetou 14 homens numa alegada operação de trasfega de combustível

Algarve Daily News25 Sept

The Rope Rescue Team of the Olhão Bombeiros will represent Portugal at the UKRO (National Rope Rescue Challenge) 2026, an international technical rescue competition taking place in Nottingham, UK, from 1 to 3 October.

Algarve Daily News25 Sept

The Maritime Police seized two vessels, two engines, and five fuel jerrycans hidden in the vegetation along the coast of Alvor (Portimão municipality) yesterday, 24 September, suspecting they were part of a network supporting maritime drug trafficking. The same day, also in Alvor, 14 men were arrested while refuelling

Portugal Resident25 Sept

Maritime Police officers have seized high speed drug boats, tonnes of drugs and detained 37 suspects this year. Yet every one of those suspects was subsequently released under relatively light The post Maritime Police reveal how drug suspects are freed after seizures at sea appeared first on Portugal Resident .

Sul Informação25 Sept

Dois botes, dois motores e cinco jerricãs com combustível foram encontrados escondidos e camuflados numa zona rural junto ao ribeiro Terras Largas e à linha férrea, perto de Alvor, no concelho de Portimão. A Polícia Marítima suspeita de que o material possa… O conteúdo Polícia Marítima encontra possível base logística