Two held for an “illegal” private security exercise. Weapon seized

Deight men, 28 and 40 years old, were arrested – in flagrante delicto – by the Metropolitan Command of the Public Security Police (PSP) of Porto for exercising “illegal private security functions”. It was still seized “one firearm and 23 ammunition”. 

The operation, describes the security force in a statement sent this Wednesday to the newsrooms, was carried out by the 3rd Police Division in Rua Arada, Porto, at 2:15 a.m. last Tuesday, October 27.

The “police intervention occurred after confirming that the suspects were monitoring a construction site, not being professional card holders required for the exercise of private security activity.”.

During the approach, the PSP continues on the same note, “safety magazines were carried out, which allowed for detection, in the bag of one of the suspects, a 6.35 mm caliber short firearm with the number of the scraped pipe, being a prohibited weapon“.

The carrier did not hold a license to use and carry a gun.

In addition to the weapon, two chargers and 23 rounds of the same caliber were seized. “ One of the chargers was inducted into the weapon with eight ammunitions, the second contained six ammunitions and nine single ammunitions.”, is still explicit.

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The detainees were constituted as defendants and subject to Identity and Residence Term (IRR), being notified to appear before the Judicial Authorities.