30 people have been arrested for violent crimes linked to Benfica and Sporting fans.

The Public Security Police (PSP) arrested 28 people this Wednesday for violent crimes linked to support clubs No Name Boys and Juve Leo, linked to clubs Benfica and Sporting respectively. We are also talking about the crime of disobedience, the crime of participating in a fight, theft and violation of physical integrity under aggravating circumstances, namely the police.

Authorities executed 29 arrest warrants and 30 search warrants for houses in Greater Lisbon, Sesimbra, Seixal and Almada.

OUR cm it is known that out of 30 arrests, 29 were made in accordance with warrants and one was detained at the scene of a crime for possession of a firearm. Two types of weapons, drugs, pyrotechnics and other items of importance to the investigation were also seized. One was detained for illegal possession of weapons.

The crimes were committed on the territory of the stadiums “Estadio da Luz” and “Estadio de Alvalade” before and after the games, and not during them, between April and November last year. According to the PSP, the investigation began in April last year and there are two different situations of home robberies with violent attacks that led to an investigation that allowed other incidents to be investigated by the same suspects.

This mega operation, which involved public prosecutors, follows several episodes of violence that have taken place in the capital, the PSP said in a statement. Dozens of operatives “connected with the criminal investigation” are involved, as well as soldiers of the NPR.

The arrested suspects, mostly young, all male, some of whom belong to the support groups The Nameless Boys and Juventus Leo, will spend the night at the Lisbon Command Metropolitan Command and will be present this Thursday at the first court hearing. interrogation.