PSP detains 12 people in operation against fraud and robberies of the elderly | Crime
The PSP this fair is an operation in Lisbon, Porto and Portalegre that was developed by search warrant and fraud attention warrant second attempt to arrest the elderly. Twelve people were detained, with the police seizing gold, a firearm, several vehicles, money and stolen clothing, still with an alarm, a PSP source told Lusa.
In a late afternoon event, the Lisbon PSP reported that about a thousand doors had been planned, a thousand euros for men in 20 thousand men and that seven women and five, aged between 26, had been arrested. and 48 years. The 12 suspects are suspected of the practice of various crimes of qualified theft, qualified fraud, heavy and criminal. During the operation, high-end firearms, 44 thousand euros in cash, illegal firearms and mobile phones were also seized.
Still in the morning, the PSP explains in a statement that the operation – Sanakay -, taken to the investigation division of the Metropolitan Command of Lisbon, with areas of 15 elements, also counting on the support of its territorial competence.
In total, the operation aimed to comply with 18 protection warrants for crimes of qualified illicit fraud, receipt of receipt of material of origin.
“The operation called Sanakay was developed in the areas of Lisbon, Porto, Aveiro and Portalegre, given the higher incidence of illicit acts and the geographical dispersion of suspects”, explains the note.
The PSP adds that the suspects work mainly with the older population, taking care of their vulnerabilities, posing as Social Security and health center employees to gain access to homes from where mainly gold and money.
So far, more than half a hundred situations have been investigated.