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Three detained for domestic violence and weapons seizure

A Voz de Trás-os-Montes28 August 2026 at 16:22

The PSP detained three people in distinct operations related to domestic violence in the Trás-os-Montes region. The first detention resulted from an investigation initiated after the reporting of a particularly serious situation, involving a victim especially vulnerable due to age and health condition, who was hospitalized following episodes of violence occurring in a family context. Strong evidence was gathered that the suspect repeatedly exercised physical, psychological and economic violence against the victim, through assaults, threats, insults, appropriation of a significant part of her income, control of her autonomy and limitation of contact with third parties.

After the first judicial interrogation, the defendant was subjected to the precautionary measure of prohibition of contact and approach to the victim, her residence and places she frequented, monitored through technical remote control means. The monitoring of the situation allowed evidence to be gathered of non-compliance with the imposed measures, namely through the defendant's remaining in the victim's residence. The Judicial Authority determined the issuance of another arrest warrant for complementary judicial interrogation, and the defendant was subjected to the more severe precautionary measure of preventive detention.

Simultaneously, the Criminal Investigation Station developed another investigation, unrelated to the previously described facts, concerning a domestic violence situation classified as high risk. As part of this second case, during the afternoon of August 27th, home and non-home search warrants were executed.

During the police operations, an automatic opening bladed weapon, a .22 caliber carbine, three air guns, three sabres of different sizes and various ammunition and cartridges of various calibers were seized. The operations culminated in the detention of two suspects.

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Em comunicado, a PSP explica que a primeira detenção ocorreu após uma investigação, que teve início após a sinalização de uma situação de “particular gravidade”, envolvendo uma vítima especialmente vulnerável em razão da idade e do seu estado de saúde, que se encontrava “hospitalizada na sequência de episódios de violência ocorridos em contexto familiar”.

“Foram recolhidos fortes indícios de que o suspeito exercia, de forma reiterada, violência física, psicológica e económica sobre a vítima, através de agressões, ameaças, insultos, apropriação de parte significativa dos seus rendimentos, controlo da respetiva autonomia e limitação do contacto com terceiros”, sublinhou a PSP.

Presente a primeiro interrogatório judicial, foi aplicada ao arguido a medida de coação de proibição de contactos e de aproximação à vítima, à respetiva residência e aos locais por ela frequentados, fiscalizada através de meios técnicos de controlo à distância.

O acompanhamento da situação, assegurado pela Esquadra de Investigação Criminal em articulação com as Equipas de Policiamento de Proximidade da Esquadra de Chaves, permitiu recolher indícios de incumprimento das medidas impostas, nomeadamente através da permanência do arguido na residência da vítima.

Os novos elementos foram imediatamente comunicados à Autoridade Judiciária, que determinou nova emissão de outro mandado de detenção para realização de interrogatório judicial complementar.

Após ter sido novamente localizado e detido pela PSP, foi aplicada ao arguido a medida de coação mais gravosa, “prisão preventiva”.

OUTROS DETIDOS

Em simultâneo, a Esquadra de Investigação Criminal desenvolveu outra investigação, sem ligação com os factos anteriormente descritos, relativa a uma situação de violência doméstica classificada como de risco elevado.

No âmbito deste segundo processo, durante a tarde do dia 27 de agosto, foram cumpridos mandados de busca domiciliária e não domiciliária.

No decorrer das diligências policiais, procedeu-se à apreensão de uma arma branca de abertura automática, uma carabina de calibre .22, três armas de ar comprimido, três sabres de diferentes dimensões e diversas munições e cartuchos de vários calibres.

As diligências culminaram, ainda, na detenção de dois suspeitos.

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