The alleged culprit of about a dozen robberies in the Estoril area over the past week has been released subject to periodic presentations to authorities after a first judicial interrogation. According to the report, the suspect was caught red-handed trying to steal money from the cash register of the Eduardo das Conquilhas restaurant in Pareda. CM.
According to the owner of the establishment, Ricardo Santos, the suspect tried to break the window for a week, but was unable to do so. Early on Saturday morning he managed to break the glass and get inside. The losses are estimated at one thousand euros.
The alarm was reported to authorities after the restaurant’s CCTV cameras captured the robber entering. According to the owner, PSP’s intervention was swift and prevented further damage.
This is not the first time that a burglar has been caught on CCTV in the act of committing a crime. ABOUT CM As reported this Friday, he was captured on video early in the morning breaking into and stealing a pastry shop on Rua Sacadura Cabral, next to the São Pedro do Estoril train station, in the municipality of Cascais. He entered through the glass under the main door, causing damage, and stole approximately €200 from the till.
Early Friday morning, the Cristallo ice cream shop, located next to the São João do Estoril train station, was robbed by a man who also broke the bottom glass of the main door to gain entry. He searched the cash register but didn’t take anything.
On Thursday at 2:43 a.m., the Compañia de Bebidas bar in San Pedro Estoril, just a hundred meters from the Torres pastry shop, was robbed. The alarm went off and video surveillance shows the man breaking down the front door and throwing the cash register and ATM POS terminal onto the floor.