An off-duty PSP officer caught and arrested two young thieves on Torre beach on Oeiras on Monday after spotting a trio of them trying to stealing a mobile phone from a woman. After approaching the gang he was kicked and punched and the thieves ran off towards Carcavelos beach.
The off-duty special agent managed to call for help and the three youths, one of them a fifteen-year-old, were later intercepted.
The minor was handed over to his parents, and the other two, aged 19 and 21, had their mobiles phones and a quantity of drugs seized from them.