On Monday, the Judicial Police (PJ) arrested two employees of the National Museum of Coches, in Lisbon, on suspicion of issuing discounted or free tickets in situations not covered, appropriating the amount paid by visitors.
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20/10/2026
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Lusa
A action of the Judicial Police carried out on Monday in a museum in Lisbon took place in the National Museum of Coches, today confirmed official source of the Museums and Monuments of Portugal, who said they were detected “irregularities associated with the ticket office”.
Asked by Lusa, official source of the public company Museums and Monuments of Portugal (MMP) indicated that that entity “is providing all the collaboration requested by the authorities”.
“The process was triggered internally by MMP following the detection of irregularities associated with the ticket office, triggering the legally applicable procedures,” the same source explained.
MMP also adds to maintain “total confidence in the work developed by the director of the National Museum of Coches and the professionals of the institution who work every day to fulfill the public mission of the Museum”.
On Monday, the Judicial Police (PJ) arrested two employees of the National Museum of Coches, in Lisbon, on suspicion of issuing discounted or free tickets in situations not covered, appropriating the amount paid by visitors.
These are crimes of embezzlement and computer falsity, and according to the statement issued by PJ, the detainees are a man and a woman.
Although the investigation of the PJ, through the National Unit for Combating Corruption, relates to the period between March 2026 and today, this police admit, in the same statement, “that illicit activity takes up the previous date, yet to be ascertained”.
The two suspects, aged 48 and 61, “issued tickets and billing documents with discount or free categories, in situations not covered by the gratuitous regime in force, misappropriating the amounts paid by visitors to the museum,” added PJ.
The arrests of the operation ‘Free Pass’ were made under four search warrants – domestic and non-household - in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area, with the participation of nine inspectors, four PJ scientific police experts and a prosecutor.