The Territorial Command of Faro, through the Territorial Post of Tavira and the Criminal Investigation Center (NIC) of Albufeira, on February 28, arrested two women aged 23 and 31, for robbery by stretching, in the town of Luz de Tavira, in the municipality of Tavira.
During a patrolling action, the military detected a vehicle in a hidden location, with two men aged 21 and 28 inside, who hid when they saw the Guard vehicle, and were approached and inspected following the action.
During the approach, the military noticed an alert from a person regarding a robbery, with the two men becoming quite agitated, which immediately raised signs that their presence was related to the situation in question.
Next, one of the soldiers immediately went to the location, seeing a group of people chasing two women, and managing to approach one of them, aged 23, who had in her possession the gold thread stolen using a stretching. The other woman, aged 31, was later intercepted by members of the public near the train station and handed over to the GNR.
After police investigations, the 23-year-old woman was arrested for stealing from a 74-year-old man, with the gold thread found in her possession coming from the robbery. It was also found that moments earlier, the same suspect had also tried to steal a gold thread from a 64-year-old man. As for the remaining three members of the group, they were constituted as defendants and subject to identity and residence terms.
Following this police action and with the collaboration of the Tavira Public Security Police, it was possible to associate members of this group with other crimes that occurred in the North of the country. Furthermore, it was found that the 31-year-old woman was suspected of a robbery by stretching a gold thread, which occurred on November 14, 2023, in the town of Ferreiras, Albufeira, the victim being a 74-year-old man, with this crime being investigated at the Albufeira Criminal Investigation Center, which led to to be detained under arrest warrants outside of flagrante delicto.
In addition to the gold thread, three cell phones, 268.38 euros in cash and the vehicle in which they were being transported were also seized.
The 23 and 31 year old detainees will be present at the Judicial Court of Tavira and Portimão, respectively, today, February 29th, for the application of the respective coercive measures.
The action was reinforced by the Criminal Investigation Center (NIC) of Tavira.
