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Alto Alentejo: illegal driving and alcohol motivate most GNR arrests

Rádio Portalegre14 September 2026 at 14:16

The GNR detained six people in the Portalegre district during the week of September 7 to 13, as part of operations to prevent and combat violent crime and road traffic enforcement carried out by the Territorial Command.

The detentions were made by the Portalegre Territorial Command, which carried out crime prevention and combat actions, as well as road enforcement operations in the Alto Alentejo region.

The main causes for the detentions were illegal driving and alcohol, which motivated most of the cases recorded during the operations period.

Why this matters

Readers of Alto Alentejo are directly affected by police activity in the region, as arrests for illegal driving and alcohol aim to improve local road safety. These operations follow the GNR's usual enforcement patterns in the Portalegre district.

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