armed robbery
Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2005 6:34 pm
just noticed that policeman was shot dead yesterday in lagos
this from the algarve observer , and a robbery happended in silves! first
Ive heard about it
Violent gang attacks in the Algarve
PSP officer killed in Lagos by fleeing attackers
12/11/2005 2:39:00 PM
A Lagos PSP officer was killed at about six in the morning yesterday by a shot in the head; this was confirmed by the Centro das Operações de Socorro (Centre for Rescue Operations). The officer was shot following an attempted robbery on a Multibanco ATM in Portimão by the same gang that has already been operating in Faro and Silves.
The attempted robbery from the Multibanco cash machine occurred in the Budens Ecomarché hypermarket in Portimão but it was prevented by the GNR who went to the scene, according to a statement by the regional delegate of the Union of Police Professionals, António Cartaxo, to the Lusa agency.
There were shots when the GNR arrived and the group of robbers managed to escape in the direction of Lagos where the PSP had, in the meantime, set up a road-block where there was another exchange of shots between the robbers and the police, during which a police chief from the Lagos PSP was fatally shot.
The individuals then used the hard shoulder of the EN125 to get round the police road-block, while shooting at close range, and thus managing to escape.
It is presumed that the gang is the same one that tried to remove a Multibanco ATM from a petrol station in Faro, which involved a shootout with the GNR, PSP and Judicial Police but from which they managed to escape unhurt.
According to António Cartaxo, the same group is thought to have robbed a Multibanco ATM at a filling station in Silves on 24th November.
The same source underlined that in the three incidents the individuals used the same “modus operandi”, i.e. the use of high-powered stolen cars and the use of violence.
In a statement issued yesterday, the Faro PSP Command described the events that occurred between 5 and 6 am yesterday, and disclosed that the gang consisted of six or seven men in two, high-powered vehicles.
The PSP chief who died was 49 years old, originally from Caldas da Rainha and had been working in the Lagos station for about ten years. He leaves a wife and two children, aged 12 and 20.
this from the algarve observer , and a robbery happended in silves! first
Ive heard about it
Violent gang attacks in the Algarve
PSP officer killed in Lagos by fleeing attackers
12/11/2005 2:39:00 PM
A Lagos PSP officer was killed at about six in the morning yesterday by a shot in the head; this was confirmed by the Centro das Operações de Socorro (Centre for Rescue Operations). The officer was shot following an attempted robbery on a Multibanco ATM in Portimão by the same gang that has already been operating in Faro and Silves.
The attempted robbery from the Multibanco cash machine occurred in the Budens Ecomarché hypermarket in Portimão but it was prevented by the GNR who went to the scene, according to a statement by the regional delegate of the Union of Police Professionals, António Cartaxo, to the Lusa agency.
There were shots when the GNR arrived and the group of robbers managed to escape in the direction of Lagos where the PSP had, in the meantime, set up a road-block where there was another exchange of shots between the robbers and the police, during which a police chief from the Lagos PSP was fatally shot.
The individuals then used the hard shoulder of the EN125 to get round the police road-block, while shooting at close range, and thus managing to escape.
It is presumed that the gang is the same one that tried to remove a Multibanco ATM from a petrol station in Faro, which involved a shootout with the GNR, PSP and Judicial Police but from which they managed to escape unhurt.
According to António Cartaxo, the same group is thought to have robbed a Multibanco ATM at a filling station in Silves on 24th November.
The same source underlined that in the three incidents the individuals used the same “modus operandi”, i.e. the use of high-powered stolen cars and the use of violence.
In a statement issued yesterday, the Faro PSP Command described the events that occurred between 5 and 6 am yesterday, and disclosed that the gang consisted of six or seven men in two, high-powered vehicles.
The PSP chief who died was 49 years old, originally from Caldas da Rainha and had been working in the Lagos station for about ten years. He leaves a wife and two children, aged 12 and 20.
