Vidigueira: Fugitive with European arrest warrant caught visiting the house.
A Portuguese citizen, residing in Pedrogão, county Vidigueira, with national and European arrest warrants was taken on Thursday by the GNR in your home.
A visit to the house in Pedrógão do Alentejo, county Vidigueira, on the night of Thursday, It was fatal to John Rebocho, who was wanted for justice since January 2012 cumprir penalty for drug trafficking.
Following the post of military detention by the Vidigueira GNR, and after a magazine, the man was in possession of heroin and cocaine, sufficient to 19 and 6 individual doses, respectively, GNR taking part in the seizure of the drug to the competent judicial authorities.
The individual 40 year old, He had been convicted in June 2010, the drug trafficking offense and a year later was sentenced to 3 years and 8 months in prison.
An appeal to the Court of Évora Relationship (THREE), that in November 2011, kept worth, It originated the "excess" in preventive Prison Beja (EPRBeja), causing the detained be released. Taking advantage of this fact and while it was not known the decision of TRE, He fled to France, country also had residence, there have worked.
In January 2012, o Tribunal de Cuba, where the defendant was tried and convicted, He issued a national arrest warrant, that only yesterday it was possible to be met by authorities. The middle is also the issue, in April of this year, a European arrest warrant, face the French residence of fugitive.
On arrest João Rebocho offered no resistance, which later led to EPRBeja to serve the sentence that had been condemned.
The individual can see the aggravated punishment, as it will face two new processes crimes, one for possession and trafficking in drugs and another for escape and disobedience to the authorities.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)