Yesterday morning, the National Maritime Authority, the Portuguese Navy and the Portuguese Air Force once again carried out a joint operation in international waters, off the southern coast of mainland Portugal, which resulted in the arrest of three men on strong suspicion of committing drug trafficking.
A 37 year old man was seriously injured yesterday in an accident at work, following the overturning of the crawler machine he was driving.
The Food and Economic Security Authority (ASAE) has shut down two restaurants and a nightclub in the Algarve, due to lack of “technical, functional and hygiene requirements”.
The Algarve and Beja regions are under a yellow warning due to the forecast of sometimes heavy showers, today and Wednesday.
Two members of the Maritime Police were injured after the vessel on which they were travelling was violently by another vessel, off the Algarve coast, in what now seems to be a regular occcurence of drug trafficking.
The driver of a motorcycle died early this Sunday, on the A22, in the Altura area of Castro Marim, following an accident at around 4.30am.
A 26 year old man arrested on suspicion of drug trafficking, is also thought to be the murderer of two Algarve women, Sandra Andrade and Josiele Rodrigues.
Maritime authorities intercepted two high-speed vessels in international waters south of the Algarve coast, suspected of carrying a narcotic products.
