Guarda
- Aug 13
Portuguese police detain 20 in Operation Tranca Segura, dismantling prison drug network led by inmate
Portugal's Polícia Judiciária detained 20 people and seized about €81,000 in cash plus drugs, weapons and phones after dismantling a network that funneled narcotics into four prisons, led by an inmate who sent profits to Peru.
- Jul 29
Valpaços wildfire rages into second day: over 680 firefighters deployed, villages confined, blaze crosses into Mirandela
The rural fire that erupted Tuesday afternoon in Ervões, Valpaços, remains the only active wildfire in mainland Portugal, forcing the confinement of villages and the evacuation of elderly residents as flames reached Mirandela municipality by Wednesday evening.
- Jul 28
Seven firefighters injured in wildfires across Portugal's Guarda, Vila Verde, Penafiel and Mourão
Five civil protection agents were hurt in Guarda and two in Vila Verde, with hundreds of personnel still battling active fronts late Monday.
- Jul 9
Man arrested in Guarda for raping woman he met through mutual friend in Sintra, placed in preventive detention
A 32-year-old man was arrested in the Guarda district and placed in preventive detention for the rape of a 49-year-old woman in Sintra in March 2025. The suspect had asked to stay at her home under the pretext of needing to regularize travel documents.
