A suspicious suitcase was found on the terrace of a restaurant in Cais do Sodre. PSP creates a security perimeter

PSP mobilizes resources for the Portugália restaurant in Cais de Sodre, Lisbon, following the discovery of an abandoned suitcase near a business establishment.

This was reported by an official source in the Lisbon PSP command. CM that the alert was given at 11:45 am through a telephone call to the local PSP police station.

“At the moment, the resources that are considered adequate are located in an area with an expanded security perimeter,” the same source explained.

A special police unit was called to the scene.

Employees of the Explosive Decontamination and Underground Safety Center will analyze the abandoned suitcase.

Please be aware that this is the second police incident to occur at this location in less than 24 hours.

Late Friday afternoon, a 36-year-old man, an Azerbaijani citizen with an Israeli passport, entered Portugal and showed his mobile phone to the officer on duty. The word “grenade” was read in the translation application, which prompted the restaurant employee to call the police department. The man was identified and then released.