After being tipped off by a local, the puppies were located and rescued last Friday from inside a water pipe in the Lagoa area.
Further investigation led the officers to arrest two men, aged 24 and 45, from Estômbar, believed to be the owners of the animals, for the crime of abandoning a pet.
The incident has been reported to court and the two puppies have been placed in the care of Lagoa Municipal Kennel.