British and Portuguese gang members arrested for Algarve vehicle thefts

Paul Rees 03 December 2018

motorcaravan1 Three British and two Portuguese men have been arrested on suspicion of stealing around 40 rental cars and motor homes in the Faro area.

According to the Public Prosecutor's Office, who ordered the Monday arrests in Tavira and Olhão, the gang is responsible for the additional theft of electric scooters, bicycles and other objects the cash value of which has yet to be confirmed but is estimated to be in the hundreds of thousands of euros bracket.

"It is suspected that, in most cases, the gang broke into car rental outlets where the ignition keys were kept and used them to drive the vehicles away. In some cases, it is suspected that they falsified registration plates and drove the vehicles to Spain," stated the Public Prosecutor’s office.

During the raids, Police seized nine vehicles, of which five were stolen; a stolen motorhome; a stolen vehicle that has been dismantled; various keys and vehicle documentation; national and foreign number plates; power tools; hashish; cannabis; a digital scale; two video cameras; two walkie-talkies; nine mobile phones and €1,540 in cash.

The gang members formally will be accused of are theft and falsifying documents and will be in court in Faro on Tuesday for questioning and to decide whether they can be released pending trial.

Comments

0 #9 Theman 2019-02-02 14:34

People talk to Much bull bet 1% of this is true the media bends things it's the true crime here bad reporting

+2 #8 Dweezle sharples 2019-01-20 00:09

Yes these are all English, one young kid, two in late 30s decent people who should get bail

0 #7 My g 2018-12-25 05:12

My g

0 #6 Boris H 2018-12-07 10:06

arnsman,
How about "Portuish".

0 #5 arnsman 2018-12-05 21:57

Britugal Gang! Haha Next

0 #4 Jeff Brown 2018-12-05 08:00

Good to see nationalities revealed, a small step forward. Next - if the Portuguese Police are ever searching for someone in particular - we could all benefit from knowing further details like the suspects distinctive features - accent, age, height, weight - the sort of thing we are used to in the "well developed North Europe". In these days of Schengen open borders we need a tighter grip on the bad guys who border hop so easily and the general public must feel safe enough to join in without the traditional fear in Portugal that they will made scapegoats. .

0 #3 Boris H 2018-12-04 16:11

Wondering if the gang members from this group that are British, are from the "well developed North Europe" as we read about so often in comments section.

-6 #2 Crunch 2018-12-04 13:05

Quoting RG:

It always amazes me how they can let people like this be ‘released pending trial’ !!??

'People like this' ???? How can you tell the type of people they are from the article?

Also, have you heard of the presumption of innocence until proven guilty in court?

Should everyone who's arrested automatically reside in prison until trial?

+6 #1 RG 2018-12-03 23:30

It always amazes me how they can let people like this be ‘released pending trial’ !!??

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