The wildfire that broke out on Sunday in Aljezur, Algarve, and spread into the neighbouring municipality of Lagos, is now reported to be 70% under control, according to Civil Protection officials. A remaining eight-kilometre stretch of active fire continues to pose a “serious concern”.
An 81-year-old woman has been arrested in the Algarve on suspicion of deliberately starting at least one forest fire in the rural area of Revezes, near Ameixial in the municipality of Loulé, the Judiciary Police (PJ) confirmed on Monday.
The PSP have identified and charged a 30 year old man with the crime of sexual harassment, after two minors went to the police station and reported him.
The PSP seized 114 doses of hashish on Wednesday, all hidden in an electric bicycle, parked next to a school in Portimão.
A woman jumped from the 1st floor balcony of her home yesterday afternoon, to escape a knife attack by her partner, just as police arrived.
The Portuguese Environment Agency (APA) are going to invest around €613,000 in the Arade dam, in Silves.
A multi-national group, dismantled yesterday by the Judiciary Police (PJ), is suspected of having defrauded around 5,100 Swedish citizens from Portugal since 2023.
The “prime suspect” in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, Christian Brückner, has been released from Sehnde prison in Germany this morning, and now faces another torrent of speculation.
