Two detainees and weapons seized during a special GNR operation in Sintra

In a statement, the GNR's Lisbon Territorial Command states that the two men -- aged 36 and 53 -- were arrested last Tuesday in a special operation triggered following “multiple complaints reporting various threats using firearms”. The operation mobilized 45 Guarda soldiers, who inspected more than a hundred drivers and vehicles that circulated on the main road accesses to the most touristic areas of Sintra, in the district of Lisbon, and eight …