Missing in Tavira is Moroccan and 32 years old. There are 3 identified

O citizen who disappeared on Wednesday night, November 11th, after a high-speed vessel has turned in the area of Tavira, in Faro district, will be Moroccan.

To SIC News, the Commander of the Captaincy of the Port of Tavira and Vila Real de Santo António, Sérgio Pardal, revealed that the boat was sighted by the Maritime Police and the Republican National Guard (GNR), following a “joint operation” to combat drug trafficking.

The Portuguese authorities attempted to approach the four crew members of the vessel, next to the Four Waters, and they advanced, in flight, towards the bar of Tavira, where they will have collided with something, not yet determined.

According to the port manager, “on the part of the police there was no kind of persecution.”.

A few moments later, they asked for help. One of the suspects had fallen into the water and was missing.

The authorities have travelled to the site to try to identify the crew members present on the vessel and conduct searches for the missing element.

When they arrived at the site, they realized that “the boat was bold on the beach, in the sea area, with fuel and other logistics to float”.

The three crew members who asked for help were eventually “identified”. “They are all older and of Moroccan nationality,” said Sérgio Pardal, adding that they were assisted on site and sent to Faro Hospital, “where they were observed.” The missing person, also Moroccan, is 32 years old.

This wasn't the only high-speed speedboat that appeared in Tavira on Wednesday. In the morning the authorities had already detected another vessel with the same characteristics, “with four engines of 350 horses”, it was bold in the Gilão River.

The same was also identified and seized by the Maritime Police. According to SIC, there is still a third drug-related vessel sighted in the Martinhal area in Sagres, also yesterday, on storm day, with red warnings for the Algarve area.