Latest news and stories about crime report in Azores, Portugal for expats and residents.
An anti-drug trafficking operation in Rabo de Peixe, Azores, led to eight arrests and subsequent violent unrest, prompting political calls for increased police resources and structural social interventions.
PSP officers faced a violent confrontation in Rabo de Peixe, Azores, after an anti-drug operation led to the arrest of eight suspects, forcing police to use pepper spray and warning shots to disperse a hostile crowd.
An investigation into the lives of a school psychologist and a Zumba instructor who evaded justice for 12 years in Portugal after being convicted of torturing patients at a clinic in Brazil.
Two men, aged 17 and 20, were arrested by the Azores Criminal Investigation Department outside of flagrante delicto and are “strongly suspected” of committing a forest fire crime.
The man was arrested on Tuesday, caught in the act following investigative efforts by the Lagoa Police Station, and is “accused of committing 29 crimes.”
The young man was arrested in the act.
The causes behind the incident remain unknown
The body of a 69-year-old woman was found at the fishing port of Vila Franca do Campo, in the Azores. The causes of death are still unknown.
The alleged attempted murder took place in the early hours of October 11.
The attempted murder occurred after an argument with the victim. The wounds caused 'potentially serious' injuries.
The suspect was arrested in the parish of Rosário for the alleged crime of drug trafficking.
The seized quantity would be sufficient for the preparation of approximately 19,500 individual doses.
Reports began circulating on social media regarding the alleged presence of masked individuals in the vicinity of educational establishments.
The police further state that the suspect is “charged with the crimes of threatening and coercing law enforcement officers and drug trafficking.”
The 56-year-old suspect was also charged with trespassing. He has been remanded in custody.
On Wednesday, the Ponta Delgada Search and Rescue Coordination Centre received an alert reporting the fall of a crew member from a vessel that had departed from Rabo de Peixe. The Maritime Authority now admits that the body found is likely that of the same fisherman.
A man's body was found late Friday morning, September 25, north of Ribeira Grande in the Azores. The National Maritime Authority stated it is likely the 51-year-old fisherman who went missing on Wednesday after allegedly falling from his fishing vessel. The body was recovered 1.5 nautical miles north of the Santa Iria viewpoint. Local authorities, including the Maritime Police and the Ponta Delgada Lifeboat Station, assisted in the recovery. The victim was transported to the Ponta Delgada Medical-Legal Office, and the Maritime Police's psychology unit is providing support to the family.
Suspects, aged between 19 and 58, were arrested for crimes of resistance, coercion, and qualified damage that occurred on August 20th.
Eight of those arrested have been placed in pre-trial detention.
At 8:40 am, an alert was raised regarding a 71-year-old man found floating in the thermal baths on Graciosa; the cause of death is still under investigation. The death was declared at the scene.
A 25-year-old woman was riding the e-scooter that collided with a motor vehicle.
The man shot by the PSP was discharged from the hospital under arrest two hours after the incident.
The man is charged with attempted murder. Previously indicted for drug trafficking and physical assault, he was released with an unspecified coercive measure.
The detainee already had a criminal record. The crime allegedly took place inside the suspect's vehicle.
Two home search warrants were executed, resulting in the seizure of 1,247 euros in cash, narcotic substances, two mobile phones, one unlicensed firearm ammunition, and various paraphernalia associated with the preparation and sale of narcotics.
This is the harshest sentence ever handed down to a mayor in Portugal. The Ponta Delgada Court, in the Azores, sentenced the former mayor of Nordeste, Carlos Mendonça, to 10 years in prison and a fine of 300 days yesterday.
The men, aged 37 and 53, were in possession of 43,205 doses of narcotics.
The seizure was carried out by members of the Local Command of the Maritime Police of Santa Cruz das Flores, who detected and collected the package.
The product was seized and investigations have begun to determine its origin
The seizure was carried out by members of the Horta Local Command of the Maritime Police, who detected and collected the package.
