Two men, 30 and 41 years old, were arrested by GNR for theft of olives in Elvas, and the military seized 420 kilos of the product, revealed the security force.
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11/11/2026
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Lusa
Deight men, 30 and 41 years old, were arrested by GNR for theft of olives in the municipality of Elvas, district of Portalegre, having the military seized 420 kilos of that product, today revealed that security force.
The Portalegre Territorial Command of GNR explains, in a statement, that the arrests were made on Tuesday, in the context of a complaint made by the owner of the olive grove.
After the denunciation, the GNR military moved to the site and detected the two suspects, “in flagrant offense”, while proceeding to olive harvesting, without the permission of the respective owner.
During the course of the action, the two men were arrested and GNR seized 420 kilos of olive, one vehicle, one trailer, two rods and two plastic containers.
“According to the owner, the [theft] situation has been taking place since the beginning of the month,” GNR said, adding that the producer also mentioned to GNR that they would have been subtracted in this time, “20,000 kilos of olives”.
The detainees were found accused and the olive recovered was delivered to their rightful owner.
The facts communicated to the prosecutor.