The Forestry Police announced on Monday that they had seized seven sheep in Curral das Freiras, as the animals were trespassing and grazing in a dangerous area.
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Four tourists became lost and had to be rescued while walking along Poço das Pulgas, in Ponta Delgada this morning.
According to a Civil Protection source a lost Portuguese citizen has been found uninjured.
Earlier on this morning local newspaper, JM, confirmed that a group of German tourists had become lost in the mountainous area near Bica da Cana.
Today the Regional Secretary for Environment, Natural Resources and Climate Change, Susana Prada, attended a weapons handover to the Forest Police Corps at the Regional Command of the Public Security Police.
Workers from the Regional Directorate for Roads today installed an iron barrier across the road connecting Poiso and Pico do Areeiro, in order to prevent people driving up into the mountains during bad weather conditions, i.e. snow. Obviously, the barrier will be raised during normal - good weather, and its installation will enable the police and Forestry police to make more effective use of their resources.
Fourteen search and rescue personal including officers from the Regional Command of Public Security Police (PSP) Madeira, the Santana Volunteer Firefighters and the Forestry Police were involved in the rescue of a 33-year-old Polish national, who was lost last night in the mountains of Madeira.