Man with international arrest warrant caught in Albufeira

Man arrested for possession of prohibited weapon

A 25-year-old man, under whom an international arrest warrant was pending, was caught by the GNR, in Albufeira, on the 25th of February, with possession of a prohibited weapon. 

The man was approached by the military, on the public road, after presenting a “suspicious behavior” that led to a personal search. As part of this search, a knife with a “Karambat” curved blade (a prohibited weapon), two mountain passers and a mobile phone were seized. 

The man had pending an international arrest warrant for extradition, under the Schengen agreement, for the crime of theft using a firearm, committed in Luxembourg. 

The detainee was present, on the 27th, at the Judicial Court of Évora, where the coercive measure of preventive detention was decreed. 

 



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