The Territorial Command Beja, through the Territorial Post of Moura, arrested three men and two women aged between 18 and 33 year old, of olive theft, in the municipality of Moura.
As part of a complaint reporting suspicious movements in an olive grove, the Guard soldiers quickly moved to the place where they surprised the suspects when they were picking up the olive, without authorization from the owner, reason that led to their arrests in flagrante delicto.
Following the action, a search was carried out on the suspects' vehicle, which culminated in the seizure of 782 kilos of olives and three manual machines for harvesting olives from the ground, known as hedgehogs.
The detainees were made defendants and the facts were communicated to the Judicial Court of Moura.
Thirteen men and five women have already been arrested this year for theft of olives in the municipality of Beja.
The Territorial Command Beja, through the Territorial Posts of Beja and Baleizão, on 24 November, arrested five men and three women in flagrante delicto, aged between 16 and 40 year old, of olive theft, in Beja county.
In the context of a complaint, the Guard soldiers went to the place where they verified that the eight suspects were picking olives, without being authorized by the owner. Following police investigations, They were seized 210 kilos of olives.
The detainees were made defendants and the facts were sent to the Judicial Court of Beja.
Last day 16 November were stolen 120 kilos of olives, three men and one woman were arrested, aged between 24 and 61 year old, and seized a BMW vehicle where the criminals were transported.
In 28 October, Five men and one woman were arrested., aged 20 and 50 years and seized 240 kilos of olives, two light commercial vehicles and a wooden stick, classified as a prohibited weapon.
The arrests were carried out by soldiers from the Territorial Post of Beja of the GNR and in any case the ten detainees were made defendants and the facts communicated to the Judicial Court of Beja.
theft of 30 tons to 18 November
Near 30 tons olive, ready to be taken to a winepress, were stolen last night from a truck that was parked next to a dock near Monte da Carocha, in Beja.
With the arrival of olive owners, the theft of the authors, in undetermined number, they fled on foot and abandoned a goods vehicle at the scene, that had been stolen and several cell phones.
The crime took place between 18,00 e as 22,00 hours Thursday, when the truck loaded with olives was waiting for the arrival of another vehicle to transfer and then take the olives to an olive press.
According to a source from the GNR Territorial Command of Beja, “the value of stolen olives is around 25 a thousand euros". No arrests revealed.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
