The youth, 18 years old, was detained by the Judicial Police (PJ) on suspicion of co-authorship of at least six crimes related to aggravated robberies committed in Porto, the victims of which were couriers from a home delivery platform.
According to the joint venture, the crimes were committed in April of this year. Along with two other suspects, the young man contacted the delivery platform and requested various items from different addresses, mainly in the eastern part of the city.
“When the motorcycle couriers arrived at the designated location, they were approached on a public road with gun threats and, in some cases, physical attacks, and were robbed of the money and goods they were carrying,” you can read here. in a government statement sent to the newsroom.
With repeated crimes, the company and couriers began to refuse to deliver to areas where incidents had already occurred.
A detainee who has already been referred to the police for crimes against property will be brought before the judicial authorities for such coercive measures as are deemed appropriate.