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The suspect, detained by the PJ in Nisa, was handed over to the Spanish authorities this Friday. The crimes occurred following the sale of narcotics in March 2025.
Joaquim Carneiro, 71, remained silent during the first session of the trial. He is accused of killing Pedro Oliveira, 35, in a café in Fafe.
The Aveiro Court increased the couple's sentence: the charges were upgraded from negligence to intentional homicide. Compensation for the victims' families has risen to 250,000 euros.
Joaquim Carneiro, 71, remained silent during the first session of the trial. He is accused of killing Pedro Oliveira, 35, in a café in Fafe.
The Polícia Judiciária (PJ) arrested on Monday a 36-year-old man suspected of the murder of a 30-year-old woman in a car park on Avenida de Ceuta, near the Ceuta Sul neighbourhood in Lisbon.
A man suspected of killing a woman on Avenida de Ceuta in Lisbon has been arrested. Authorities say he had already begun to flee towards the south of Portugal.
The alleged killer was arrested on the same day as the crime while fleeing Lisbon towards the south of the country. The woman was shot dead with four bullets as she left her home. The suspect fired six rounds in the direction of his ex-partner.
The man fled south after the crime but was arrested on the same day by the Judicial Police. He will be brought for an initial interrogation at the Department of Investigation and Penal Action in Lisbon.
A relationship between two Carris drivers ends in tragedy. Edite Silva, aged 30, leaves behind two minor children.
José had been a tenant of Maria Custódia Amaral and lured the estate agent to what turned out to be her last professional act: the sale of the house where she was murdered. The killer is already in custody.
According to the PSP, the man was shot several times with an automatic weapon while he was inside a vehicle in Queluz.
Witnesses indicate an automatic, war-calibre weapon may have been used in the crime.
Authorities detained the suspect in Lourinhã on the same day they found the body of Maria Custódia Amaral.
José, 35, had already confessed the crime to the authorities.
A CMTV commentator says it was 'a premeditated crime'.
CM and CMTV's senior reporter Tânia Laranjo was at the scene where Maria Amaral was allegedly murdered by José, a 35-year-old.
The homicide is believed to have occurred on the day the estate agent disappeared. A suspect has been detained who is said to have had a close relationship with the victim.
The Polícia Judiciária announced the arrest of a suspect believed to be responsible for the death of Maria Amaral, an estate agent who disappeared in Lourinhã; the investigation is ongoing.
The estate agent had been missing for 12 days.
A suspect has been arrested in Lourinhã on suspicion of murdering an estate agent who had been missing for 12 days. A search of the suspect’s home uncovered traces of blood that PJ investigators say corroborate their strong suspicions; the Judicial Police will now begin procedures to recover the body from a location where it was allegedly concealed. The case remains under active investigation, with forensic analysis and recovery operations expected to inform possible charges and next steps.
André Fonseca, just 15, was ambushed as he left his home in Amadora. The PJ (Polícia Judiciária) arrested two suspected killers.
Criminal investigation unit PJ has arrested one suspect in the fatal shooting of a teenager in Amadora, amid a worrying pattern of violence in the municipality where six people have already been shot since the start of the year. The arrest highlights active police work but also raises analytical questions about underlying causes, public safety strategies and whether current policing and community interventions are sufficient to prevent further violent crime. Authorities say the inquiry continues as they seek to establish motive, possible links to other incidents and measures to restore public confidence.
A 28-year-old Portuguese national sought by British authorities for a murder committed in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, over three years ago, has been ‘localised and detained’, in the western region of The post Suspect in Irish homicide run to ground by PJ appeared first on Portugal Resident.
