Alentejo: Prosecutor accuses sixteen people from circumventing cattle. Thefts above 100 thousand euros.
The prosecutor indicted 16 people, seven of them in custody, the practice of a wave of livestock thefts, especially in the Alentejo, which will be rendered more 100 thousand euros.
According to the News Journal (JN), the indictment was made public through a notice published on the website of the Department of Investigation and Penal Action (DIAP) Évora. Judicial sources contacted by the Lusa agency indicated that 16 Process defendants are men and they are all accused of robbery crime.
According to the indictment, the 16 defendants were responsible for several cattle theft crimes beef and lamb, between November 2015 and October 2016, located on agricultural holdings in various areas of the Alentejo and in the districts of Santarem and Setubal.
thefts, num valor total superior a 100 thousand euros, They were committed in Vendas Novas, Pavia, Mora, Évora, Montemor-o-Novo and Redondo, in Évora district, Elvas, in Portalegre district, Bharatpur, in the district of Santarém, e Canha, no Setúbal district.
seven of 16 defendants are in custody, indicate an MP, stressing that the investigation of the case was in charge of a special team established Territorial Command Évora GNR.
Judicial sources advanced the Lusa that the process was in charge of a magistrate of Évora DIAP, although the crimes have occurred in various parts of the Évora District and other districts.
The first five arrests occurred, in flagrante delicto, Evora and in the neighboring municipality of Montemor-o-Novo, on 31 October 2016, when the suspects followed in two cars, a light and other heavy.
In heavy goods, indicated, na height, uma fonte da GNR, they were transported 30 animals cattle breed, allegedly stolen a farming property located in the district of Evora.
In the following days, three other suspects were arrested on warrant, one in Santo Tirso, Porto district, and two in Coruche, in the district of Santarém.
The suspects were guarding the steps of the landowners and efetuavam thefts during the night and early morning, reported the source, indicating that the destination of the stolen cattle were probably illegal slaughterhouses in the north and west zone.
Na height, GNR seized three vehicles, cattle eartags and other material suspected to have been used for the practice of illicit.
