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Minister faces scrutiny over undeclared construction work

📍 Barcelos🏛️ Government⚖️ Legal#government-policy+1 more

Minister of Internal Administration Luís Neves is under fire after reports revealed he built a swimming pool on family land in Odemira without proper municipal notification. Critics, including a former local mayor, argue the incident highlights a broader issue of insufficient municipal oversight, while reports suggest materials used at the site may be linked to insolvent companies. The Minister has so far declined to provide information regarding the construction.

Luís Neves will take office on Monday as Minister of Internal Administration. He graduated in law and has worked at the Judicial Police since 1995, where he served as coordinator of a national unit and developed a long career in criminal investigation.

4 sources →14 Jul
Minister faces scrutiny over undeclared construction work

Recent stories

IL requests urgent hearing with Barcelos contractor

📍 Braga⚖️ Legal🏛️ Government#public-safety+1 more

The party states that the issue concerns the conditions 'under which a service provider for the Judiciary Police itself also ended up carrying out works on private properties belonging to the then National Director of the institution'.

cmjornal.pt3h ago
IL requests urgent hearing with Barcelos contractor

Chega wants to know why chemicals in the trailer were not destroyed by the PJ

📍 Braga🏛️ Government⚖️ Legal#chega+2 more

The party asks what budgetary allocation is available, both in the PJ and the Ministry of Justice, in 2024 and 2025, 'to finance the destruction of seized chemical products or hazardous waste'.

cmjornal.pt3 Aug
Chega wants to know why chemicals in the trailer were not destroyed by the PJ

Barcelos contractor says transport of material seized by the PJ was arranged verbally and without documentation

📍 Braga⚖️ Legal🎭 Culture#crime-report+1 more

João dos Santos Carvalho, the Barcelos contractor at the centre of the controversy involving Luís Neves, spoke on television for the first time. Speaking to TVI's Exclusivo (part of the same group as CNN Portugal), he admits to having offered to transport the trailer and drums containing chemical products seized by the PJ, acknowledging that everything was arranged verbally and without any documentation.

cnnportugal.iol.pt30 Jul
Barcelos contractor says transport of material seized by the PJ was arranged verbally and without documentation

Luís Neves waited three weeks to understand what we could know by then, in order to create his narrative

📍 Braga⚖️ Legal🏛️ Government#public-safety+1 more

Bruno Batista, a commentator for CNN Portugal, believes that the justification regarding the lack of budgetary provision “does not serve as an excuse for having to find a solution to send hazardous material to a street in Barcelos.”

cnnportugal.iol.pt30 Jul
Luís Neves waited three weeks to understand what we could know by then, in order to create his narrative

Neves' deputy who managed assets seized by the PJ was not informed about the trailer

📍 Braga⚖️ Legal🏛️ Government#judiciary-police+1 more

“I had no knowledge of a trailer seized during an investigation being taken to Barcelos,” assured the former deputy national director of the PJ responsible for managing seized assets.

publico.pt28 Jul

The minister and his friend

📍 Braga🏛️ Government⚖️ Legal#government-policy+1 more

How was this possible? No one has explained it yet. But friends are for all occasions!

cmjornal.pt27 Jul
The minister and his friend

Trailer followed to Barcelos contractor's warehouse under Judiciary Police escort

📍 Braga⚖️ Legal🏛️ Government#crime-report+1 more

Luís Neves continues to offer no explanation regarding his role in the transfer of a trailer seized from a cocaine manufacturer. It has since emerged that he failed to submit his income tax declaration.

publico.pt25 Jul

Luís Neves case: lawyer for trailer owner requests nullity of evidence in drug trial

📍 Braga⚖️ Legal🏛️ Government#crime-report+1 more

João Martins Leitão guarantees he was not notified of the trailer's transport to Barcelos. Seized by the PJ during Operation Pacoba, the vehicle was found at a company belonging to a friend of the minister.

publico.pt24 Jul

PJ says it is not 'accurate' to conclude it was removed from the trailer investigation

📍 Braga⚖️ Legal🏛️ Government#crime-report+1 more

The Judiciary Police clarifies that it was not removed from the investigation into the disappearance of a trailer that was under its custody, which was later found at the facilities of a construction company from Barcelos that carried out work on several PJ facilities and also at the home of former national director Luís Neves.

rtp.pt22 Jul
PJ says it is not 'accurate' to conclude it was removed from the trailer investigation

Evidence of two crimes in the case of the trailer belonging to the contractor friend of Luís Neves

📍 Braga⚖️ Legal🏛️ Government#crime-report+2 more

The Judicial Police detected evidence of the potential commission of the crimes of embezzlement and abuse of power regarding the transport of the trailer to Barcelos.

cmjornal.pt22 Jul
Evidence of two crimes in the case of the trailer belonging to the contractor friend of Luís Neves

Luís Neves promises explanations, while the Public Prosecutor's Office will investigate if a crime occurred in the trailer case

📍 Braga⚖️ Legal🏛️ Government#crime-report+1 more

Abuse of power and embezzlement are the crimes indicated in the inquiry opened by the Attorney General's Office to investigate how chemicals used to process drugs appeared in a warehouse belonging to a businessman from Barcelos.

publico.pt21 Jul

Today in the news: Brisa, Judiciary Police and evictions

📍 Braga⚖️ Legal🏛️ Government#public-contracts+2 more

The Judiciary Police maintains confidentiality regarding information on 12 contracts signed with the contractor from Barcelos, while Brisa quantifies compensation claims submitted to the State at 1.1225 billion euros. Discover these and other highlighted news stories in the national press this Tuesday. Brisa claims more than 1.1 billion euros from the State.

eco.sapo.pt21 Jul
Today in the news: Brisa, Judiciary Police and evictions

Experts question secrecy of contracts between PJ and Barcelos contractor

📍 Braga⚖️ Legal🏛️ Government#crime-report+1 more

The transfer of a trailer containing chemicals for drug processing from Seixal to Barcelos could have serious consequences, warns the criminal investigating judge.

publico.pt21 Jul

Ammonia in Barcelos and the mystery of the digital exams

📍 Braga🏛️ Government🎓 Education#government-policy+1 more

With ammonia roaming the streets and exam grades lost in the 'digital' system, the government looks like a comedy sketch. Add the United Kingdom inventing leaders to the mix, and we have the perfect international chaos.

observador.pt19 Jul
Ammonia in Barcelos and the mystery of the digital exams

Missing trailer. Drug chemicals seized at company owned by a friend of Luís Neves

📍 Braga⚖️ Legal🏛️ Government#crime-report+2 more

There is new information regarding the investigation into the disappearance of the seized trailer, which involves the Minister of Internal Administration. According to the newspaper Público, the chemicals that were inside the trailer ended up being stored at a company in Barcelos, which belongs to a friend of Luís Neves.

rtp.pt18 Jul
Missing trailer. Drug chemicals seized at company owned by a friend of Luís Neves

Barcelos invests 3.2 million in technology centres aimed at the labour market

📍 Braga🎓 Education💼 Work#vocational-training+2 more

With an investment exceeding 3.2 million euros, students at the School of Technology and Management (ETG) in Barcelos now have access to two new Specialised Technology Centres (CTE) in the industrial and IT sectors, preparing them for the challenges of digital transformation and technological evolution. This municipal investment will allow, the local authority notes, to “align the...”

eco.sapo.pt17 Jul
Barcelos invests 3.2 million in technology centres aimed at the labour market

2 PM: PJ confirms seizure of trailer near Construbarcelos company

📍 Braga⚖️ Legal#crime-report+1 more

The Judiciary Police (PJ) confirmed that they seized a trailer located near the premises of the company Construbarcelos.

rtp.pt17 Jul
2 PM: PJ confirms seizure of trailer near Construbarcelos company

PJ opens inquiry into trailer linked to drug trafficking found at Construbarcelos

📍 Braga⚖️ Legal🏛️ Government#crime-report+2 more

The Judiciary Police announced this Friday that it has opened an inquiry into a trailer seized in a drug trafficking case, which was found attached to a truck belonging to the company Construbarcelos, which carried out work on a property owned by the Minister of Internal Administration, Luís Neves. The National Directorate of the PJ explained in a statement that it 'became aware that a...'

eco.sapo.pt17 Jul
PJ opens inquiry into trailer linked to drug trafficking found at Construbarcelos

Public Prosecutor's Office to investigate the diversion of a seized trailer found in the possession of a friend of Luís Neves

📍 Braga⚖️ Legal#crime-report

The Judicial Police only learned on July 14th of this year that a trailer seized from a drug trafficking network was in the possession of a contractor who is a friend of Luís Neves. The facts were reported to the Public Prosecutor's Office, which will investigate how the trailer left a Maritime Authority storage yard and ended up in Barcelos. Luís Neves does not wish to comment on the case.

expresso.pt17 Jul
Public Prosecutor's Office to investigate the diversion of a seized trailer found in the possession of a friend of Luís Neves

PJ authorised the delivery of the galley to a contractor friend of Luís Neves

📍 Braga⚖️ Legal🏛️ Government#crime-report+1 more

There is a permit signed by a director.

cmjornal.pt17 Jul
PJ authorised the delivery of the galley to a contractor friend of Luís Neves

Trailer seized by the PJ found attached to a Construbarcelos truck

📍 Braga⚖️ Legal🏛️ Government#crime-report+1 more

The trailer, which had been reported missing after being seized by the Judicial Police during an anti-drug trafficking operation, has been discovered. The situation is particularly notable as the vehicle was found attached to a truck belonging to Construbarcelos, a firm that has performed work for the PJ.

rtp.pt17 Jul
Trailer seized by the PJ found attached to a Construbarcelos truck

Man arrested for two fires started with a lighter in Barcelos

📍 Braga⚖️ Legal🌱 Environment#crime-report+1 more

The fires in Tamel Santa Leocádia occurred on July 3rd and 5th, amid 40°C temperatures and high winds. According to the PJ, the suspect acted for personal reasons.

observador.pt16 Jul
Man arrested for two fires started with a lighter in Barcelos

51-year-old man started two fires in Barcelos during a heatwave with temperatures reaching 40 ºC

📍 Braga⚖️ Legal🌱 Environment#crime-report+2 more

The fires were started in an area with conditions prone to spreading to extensive forest patches, “creating a significant risk to the entire forest and nearby dwellings,” according to the PJ.

cnnportugal.iol.pt16 Jul
51-year-old man started two fires in Barcelos during a heatwave with temperatures reaching 40 ºC

Suspended sentence for man who assaulted and raped woman he married twice in Barcelos

📍 Braga⚖️ Legal#crime-report+1 more

The 60-year-old defendant was also ordered to pay 10,000 euros to the victim.

cmjornal.pt15 Jul
Suspended sentence for man who assaulted and raped woman he married twice in Barcelos

Luís Neves' contractor tells Correio da Manhã that “those who owe nothing, fear nothing”

📍 Braga⚖️ Legal🏛️ Government#legal-reforms+1 more

Businessman highlights Luís Neves' recent past “in the fight against crime”.

cmjornal.pt15 Jul
Luís Neves' contractor tells Correio da Manhã that “those who owe nothing, fear nothing”

Woman handed over 15,000 euros in gold to a trio of scammers in Barcelos

📍 Braga⚖️ Legal🏖️ Daily Life#crime-report+1 more

The 65-year-old victim went into shock and required medical assistance.

cmjornal.pt8 Jul
Woman handed over 15,000 euros in gold to a trio of scammers in Barcelos

Barcelos City Council opens swimming pools, creates water stations, and opens air-conditioned spaces due to the heat

📍 Braga🏖️ Daily Life🌱 Environment#severe-weather+1 more

Although at different times, 13 of the 18 districts of mainland Portugal are covered by red warnings starting this Friday.

cmjornal.pt3 Jul
Barcelos City Council opens swimming pools, creates water stations, and opens air-conditioned spaces due to the heat

“It was all night long”: resident says locals put out the flames and the fire was already extinguished when firefighters arrived

📍 Braga🌱 Environment⚖️ Legal#severe-weather+1 more

The fire has been close to homes in Barcelos. The population fears for their houses and animals.

cmjornal.pt3 Jul
“It was all night long”: resident says locals put out the flames and the fire was already extinguished when firefighters arrived

Wind hinders firefighting efforts in Minho

📍 Braga🌱 Environment⚖️ Legal#wildfires+2 more

Reporter Ana Saraiva provides an update on the firefighting efforts in Grimancelos, Barcelos. No houses are at risk, despite the dense smoke visible at the scene. The firefighting efforts have been hindered by the wind, which is spreading small fire outbreaks.

cnnportugal.iol.pt3 Jul
Wind hinders firefighting efforts in Minho

"Everything was burnt": local describes the scene found in the morning during a fire in Barcelos

📍 Braga🌱 Environment#severe-weather

Two fronts have been brought under control and one is “giving way to the resources” in the fire that broke out on Thursday on the Fralães hill, in the municipality of Barcelos.

cmjornal.pt3 Jul
"Everything was burnt": local describes the scene found in the morning during a fire in Barcelos