A woman who did cleaning services in a house in the city of Beja, stole several gold items from inside the same, and sold it to a receiver, owner of an establishment in the sector in Évora.
The person responsible for the theft was charged and the man was identified..
After participating in the theft and reporting the facts to the Public Prosecutor's Office (MP) Police officers from the Criminal Investigation (EIC) of the Beja District Command, took over the process and reached the author of the same.
Suspect questioned, she assumed responsibility for the crime and confessed that she had sold it to an individual who owned a commercial establishment in Évora, buying and selling gold and silver.
EIC agents traveled to the city of Evora and at the location, according to a statement from the PSP “which was used to receive those articles and seized around 1,3 kilos of gold that were found in several hidden and disguised bags whose origin was not recorded”. The owner of the establishment, of 50 year old, It was identified, the facts communicated to the Beja MP, responsible for research.
Has learned the Lidador News, after receiving the gold, whose origin was not questioned to the sellers, this was melted and then sold to manufacturers of parts of the valuable metal. The investigation continues, PSP investigators are seeking to identify the final recipients of the melted gold.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
