GNR: Operation “Country Insurance” more arrested and largest seizure of stolen olive.
The GNR seized 55,53 tons of olives in Operation “Country Insurance”, triple the operation recorded in the previous year. Only Beja district were seized 33.880 pounds. The largest theft and recovery, 20 tons, occurred in Ferreira do Alentejo
A Guarda Nacional Republicana (GNR) released the results of the operation "Field Insurance", where he intensified since the day 1 November 2016 until the day 31 January 2017, patrolling on farms throughout the national territory, in order to prevent the theft of agricultural products.
During operation were recorded, compared to the Field Operation Insurance 2016: 117 held (more 46), 232 individuals identified (less 251), 46 crimes (less 13) and 318 contraordenações (more 21).
two illegal, the highest incidence was recorded in the olive theft and pinecone mansa, having been seized: 55,53 tons olive (more 36,35, or which it corresponds to about 3x or value 2016) and 525 kilograms of pinecone still small (more 425, corresponding to more than 5x value 2016).
The Territorial Command seized Beja 33.880 kilograms of olive penthouse, received participation 23 theft crimes, drafted 6 contraordenação cars, stopped 41 others and identified 14, besides the car seizure, mobile phones, machines take olive and several own vessels for the harvest of the fruit.
This reinforcement of patrolling includes the commitment of various aspects of GNR, namely the Territorial Command, the Nature Protection Service and Environment (SEPNA), Criminal Research and Special Programs Centers, preventing and repressing crime on farms, thus delivering farmers a sense of security, proximity and confidence.
BEJA DISTRICT OF CASES
Moura, 9 November 2016: Two men, of 22 and 42 year old, They were arrested in flagrante delicto, by the Military Criminal Investigation Unit of Moura GNR, When they stole olives, a property in that county. The two individuals were surprised by the guards, inside the farm and in its possession had 38 kg of olives, finished stealing.
Ferreira do Alentejo, 31 December 2016: Furtadas 20 tons olive, evaluated 11 thousand euros, farm in the municipality Ferreira do Alentejo. Thieves moved three tractors ready for delivery. The GNR recovered the next day the 20 tons olive, mansard. The thieves poured olive another farm, but they did not appear to recover.
Ferreira do Alentejo, 5 January 2017: The GNR of Ferreira do Alentejo detained three people who devoted themselves to olive theft, a farm near that Alentejo village and seized 330 kilos of the fruit of the olive tree. Two men and a woman, aged between 30 and 35 year old, They were arrested in flagrante delicto by olive theft.
Ferreira do Alentejo, 18 January 2017: Seventeen people detained and three tons of olive seized, was the result of the operation carried out yesterday morning, a farm near Ferreira do Alentejo. Were arrested in flagrante delicto ten men and seven women, aged 20 and 60 year old, all of Romanian nationality, who had in their possession 84 olive bags. They were also seized seven machine-removal of soil olive, seven bags transport caresses and about a dozen buckets.
Beja, 19 January 2017: Five people were arrested yesterday and seized 500 kilograms of olive penthouse, during an operation carried out on a farm in Santa Clara de Louredo, about five kilometers from Beja. The Beja put the military detained in flagrante delicto two men and three women, aged 21 and 60 year old, all of Romanian nationality, having been seized the vehicle and three machine harvesting ground olive, known as "urchins".
Beja, 26 January 2017: Five persons of Romanian nationality, were yesterday sentenced by a judge of the Beja Court to fines of 4.250 euros and the payment of the repair of a vehicle GNR, whose damage outweigh the 2.800 euros. The Dudea family consisted of two men and three women, aged 21 and 60 year old. The couple, daughter and daughter, They were convicted in 110 fine days at the rate of 5 euros / day, total no 550 euros, each. In turn the child, Nelu, He was sentenced to 300 fine days at the rate of 5 euros / day, total no 1.500 euros, to be the driver of the truck that originated the Guard Vehicle collision. The judge did not give the authority as proven resistance crime, so they were acquitted.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
