Searches were done on Tuesday night in the presence of a prosecutor and based on a list of missing objects to about 10 people. Miguel Arruda’s parliamentary immunity continues to protect him from a formal interrogation.
On October 16, a blue and gray backpack with orange letters disappeared at Lisbon airport. On January 27, this Monday, a blue and gray backpack with orange letters was seized in Miguel Arruda’s office in Parliament. In the background, in the window railing, between bags, boxes and travel bags.
It was 40 minutes of search and seizures, after 8 pm, in the office that Miguel Arruda shares with a arrival deputy. It is on the first floor of the latest building of the Assembly of the Republic, in one of the rooms overlooking the rear.
The prosecutor did not appear by surprise. He agreed in advance day, time and the official of the Assembly to accompany the seizure of suitcases and objects.
Miguel Arruda still has parliamentary immunity
Miguel Arruda’s parliamentary immunity continues to protect him from a formal interrogation in the process in which he is suspected of stealing dozens of bags at the Lisbon and Ponta Delgada airports.