A 44-year-old man was in protective custody on the island of São Miguel, Azores, for being suspected of 29 crimes, including illegal driving, coercion on employee and offenses to physical integrity, PSP announced today.
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23/10/2026
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Ua 44-year-old man was in preventive detention on the island of São Miguel, Azores, for being suspected of 29 crimes, including illegal driving, coercion on employee and offenses to physical integrity, PSP announced today.
In a statement, the Regional Command of the Public Security Police (PSP) said that the man was arrested on Tuesday, following investigations by the Lagoon Police and is “indicted by the practice of 29 crimes, including crimes of illegal driving of vehicles, resistance and coercion on employees, offenses to qualified physical integrity and in the form of attempted and forgery”.
“ The arrest occurred in compliance with a warrant for arrest out of flagrant offense ", added the PSP.
After having been present to the judicial authority competent for the first judicial interrogation, “the preventive detention measure has been applied to the defendant,” the police said.