According to SIC Notícias, Sergeant Lima Santos was arrested by the PJ’s counter-terrorism unit in connection with the disappearance of weapons from the Tancos army base last year. The head of the PJ’s Military branch Coronel Luís Augusto Vieira was also arrested today in Lisbon as part of the same proceedings. Other GNR officers from the Algarve, PJ Military detectives, and a civilian were also arrested. The missing arsenal was recovered in October last year.