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A 45-year-old Spanish citizen was transporting over 3,000 litres of diesel in a rented white van when he was intercepted by GNR officers.
The Minister of Internal Administration, Luís Neves, faces scrutiny over 17 contracts worth 2.23 million euros awarded by the Judiciary Police to a construction company owned by a personal friend, raising concerns over transparency and potential conflicts of interest.
A businesswoman involved in kidnapping allegations and high-stakes international legal disputes has been identified as a former partner in the medicinal cannabis firm that hired the ex-president of Infarmed, Eurico Castro Alves.
The defendant was taken to the Beja Prison Establishment, where he will await the proceedings.
A road accident in Baleizão resulted in one fatality and seven people injured.
One person died and seven were injured, two of them seriously, following a Rede Expressos bus crash this Friday, October 30, on the National Road 260 (EN260) near Baleizão, Beja. The victim is the bus driver, who may have suffered a sudden medical episode. The two seriously injured passengers suffered amputations. Emergency teams, including 63 personnel and 26 vehicles, were deployed to the scene.
A passenger bus crashed this morning on the National Road 260, near Baleizão, in the municipality of Beja. There is one fatality and two people have sustained serious injuries.
The fatality is the bus driver
62 emergency personnel supported by 25 vehicles and a helicopter were dispatched to the scene.
80-year-old victim was murdered with a “not specifically determined number of blows to the head”.
The two defendants, aged 40, are accused of robbery, aggravated kidnapping, and qualified homicide. The victim was kept alive in the trunk of a car for hours.
This is the third appeal filed by the defence of two people accused of murdering an elderly German couple in a village in the Beja municipality, who were again sentenced to 22 years in prison.
Fernando Belmonte and Mónica Lourenço were convicted for the beating death of a German couple in Baleizão, but the Évora Court of Appeal has already sent the case back for retrial twice.
Fernando Belmonte and Mónica Lourenço were convicted for the beating death of a German couple in Baleizão, but the Évora Court of Appeal has already sent the case back for retrial twice.
The Judicial Police arrested the Brazilian citizen on Wednesday in Serpa. The Évora Court of Appeal determined that he must remain in custody while awaiting the extradition process.
The citizen's hearing took place this Friday at the Évora Court of Appeal.
The alert for the disappearance of the 37-year-old Ukrainian national was raised on Sunday evening by his wife.
According to the GNR, the body was found and recovered this morning from inside an irrigation water reservoir belonging to the Alqueva Development and Infrastructure Company at Herdade dos Encanchados.
The alarm was raised by his wife on Sunday night
The defendants include two Portuguese nationals, who have criminal records for drug trafficking, arms trafficking and criminal association, and one foreign national.
The pilot left the scene by taxi and left 2,000 euros behind. Authorities revealed that the aircraft is illegal and was not permitted to fly.
PJ police are investigating the suspicious landing on Saturday of a light aircraft, carrying two people, in a field at Herdade da Lobata, Serpa municipality, next to the left bank The post PJ follow money trail connected to ‘suspicious’ light aircraft that lands near Guadiana appeared first on Portugal Resident.
The GNR specified that the physical and psychological violence also occurred in Salvaterra de Magos, the town where the man resided at the time of his arrest.
A firefighter by profession, he resided in Vidigueira.
The attack took place on a municipal road during the day
Due to the passing of a vehicle that was travelling there, and faced with the victim's cries for help, the suspect ended up fleeing in his car.
The judge justifies that the proceedings cannot move forward without confirmation of whether the witnesses were notified.
Prosecution witnesses are in Ukraine and it was not possible to notify them. The Beja Court is awaiting the translation of a letter rogatory to proceed with the new trial.
The judge justifies that the proceedings cannot move forward without confirmation of whether the witnesses were notified.
The victim is the suspect's mother-in-law and the young man's grandmother.
