It was a busy late afternoon yesterday in the seafront bar and restaurant area in Paul do Mar. It all started with a disagreement between a Madeiran couple and a foreign citizen, which quickly evolved into physical, intense, and repeated aggressions, despite the attempts of several witnesses to put an…
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A rockfall occurred this evening in Seixal, before the access area to São Vicente, causing heavy congestion on the Expressway. Several stones, including one very large one, fell from the adjacent slope, obstructing the road in both directions. Among the stone blocks on the road is a large boulder, which…
The man suspected of murdering his mother in Água de Pena was transferred, this afternoon, from the Dr. Nélio Mendonça Hospital to the Casa de Saúde São João de Deus, where he will be hospitalised and placed under permanent psychiatric care. The alleged murderer was transferred yesterday afternoon in a…
A landslide occurred this morning between the Balseiras site and Seara Velha, in Curral das Freiras. The Câmara de Lobos Volunteer Firefighters, the Municipal Civil Protection Service, and the PSP were called to the scene. Initially, there was concern over the structural integrity of nearby housing, but that was soon…
Almost half of the 109 police officers of the Regional Command of the PSP of Madeira who participated in a scientific study had metabolic syndrome or were already classified as having a 10-year high cardiovascular risk, it was announced today. In information released today, the PSP points out that the…
Information is still scarce, but local newspaper JM believes that an alleged homicide took place this afternoon in Machico, in the Água de Pena area. Attending the incident where Municipal Firefighters of Machico (BMM), supported by several Public Security Police (PSP) officers, were called to open the door of a…
Yesterday, Judiciary Police (PJ)Inspectors carried out a series of searches at the premises of the Regional Secretariat for Equipment and Infrastructures and the Institute of Mobility and Transport. Today, the PJ searched the offices of the Municipality of Santa Cruz. The Regional Secretariat for Equipment and Infrastructures told reporters that…
The video surveillance system implemented in July last year is already producing results in the fight against crime. In the first six months of operation, a 17.6% reduction in crime was recorded in areas where the cameras were installed, Superintendent Dario Sanguedo said at a press conference. According to the…
The Judiciary Police (PJ) is examining a semi-rigid boat found yesterday off the Madeiran coast. The vessel is often associated with drug trafficking operations on the high seas, especially in the transfer of drugs from larger to smaller vessels. The boat was located and seized by the Maritime Police in…
A 73-year-old Finnish tourist was assaulted on Friday near the Farmers’ Market in Funchal after being hit with a stone. The man suffered head and shoulder injuries, and was assisted by the Madeiran Volunteer Firefighters and transported to the A & E Department of the Dr. Nélio Mendonça Hospital. Samantha…
Three men attempting to travel to Dublin were arrested on Wednesday morning at Madeira Airport for using false documents. The arrest took place at border control, on an air link departing from the Schengen area, after the documents presented raised concerns with the authorities. After analysis, the Public Security Police…
The body that was found on the 4th of July last year in a small lagoon near levada Nova dos Cahas has now been formally identified as Gabriel Ionut Feraru, born on the 30th of April 1987, in Mangalia, a Romanian city by the Black Sea. He had been working…
The Public Security Police (PSP) warns of the so-called ‘fake employee scam,’ a scheme in which the perpetrators pose as workers of essential services or public entities to deceive victims. According to the authority, in this type of scam, the suspects present themselves as employees of water, electricity, banking institutions,…
Computer scams caused losses close to two million euros in a single year in the Autonomous Region of Madeira, warns the Regional Command of the Public Security Police of Madeira. In 2024, the value of losses associated with this type of crime amounted to 1,564,800 euros, having increased in 2025…
For six months, a 38-year-old man from the greater Lisbon area posed as an employee of the Madeira Electricity Company (EEM), calling various client companies to demand payment for fake debts. Using the threat of cutting off their power, he convinced them to transfer a total of 24,181 euros. He…