In several operations carried out by military personnel from different areas of the Beja Territorial Command of the GNR,, They were recovered 1000 kilos of melon and 60 kilos of watermelon stolen from farms in the municipality of Ferreira do Alentejo.
In addition to the retention of a vehicle involved in the thefts, an individual 43 year old, It was constituted defendant, for participating in one of the thefts, facts that were communicated to the Court of Ferreira do Alentejo.
In the first occurrence, registered on Monday, the GNR recovered 60 kilos of watermelon and the presumed perpetrator of the theft was identified, while on Wednesday, following a chase, in the abandoned vehicle and in the possession of the Guard, there was a ton of melons that had been stolen by an unknown number of people.
Following the increase in thefts in the municipality’s fields, during Tuesday's meeting of the Municipal Security Council, with the presence of farmers, the Municipality of Ferreira do Alentejo announced that “it will present to the Ministries of Internal Administration and Agriculture, the request to reinforce the inspection of agricultural holdings by security forces”, warning the population “about the sale of products that may have been the subject of theft or theft”, that can harm health.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
