Ponta Delgada police arrest robbery suspect and five men in drug inquiry
Azores GuideFour of the five men held in a heroin and synthetic drug investigation are in custody, and the robbery suspect is barred from public gardens.
The PSP criminal investigation squad in Ponta Delgada has arrested a 48-year-old man suspected of robbing two children under 14 in the city on 6 November, according to Correio dos Açores. One of the two robberies is classed as aggravated.
A judge ordered him to report to the authorities periodically, banned him from public gardens and barred him from holding any object that could be used as a weapon.
In a separate operation last week, the PSP targeted drug trafficking in the parishes of São José, São Pedro and Livramento in Ponta Delgada. Four house searches turned up evidence of trafficking in heroin and synthetic drugs. Officers arrested five men aged between 33 and 53.
After their first court hearing, four of the men were remanded in custody. The fifth was released under a non-custodial measure.
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