A note made available on Facebook from the Presidency states that João Lourenço, after hearing the National Security Council, dismissed "Commissioner-General Paulo Gaspar de Almeida, from the position of General Commander of the National Police and Chief Commissioner Arnaldo Manuel Carlos, the post of Director General of the Criminal Investigation Service".
"The President of the Republic appoints the Commissioner-General Arnaldo Manuel Carlos to the position of General Commander of the National Police", advances the note.
In addition, João Lourenço also dismissed the Criminal Investigation Commissioner António Paulo Bendje, from the position of Deputy Director General of the Criminal Investigation Service and the Criminal Investigation Commissioner Pedro Lufunfula, from the position of Director for Combating Organized Crime of the Criminal Investigation Service. Criminal investigation.
The note also mentions that "the Chief Criminal Investigation Commissioner António Paulo Bendje, for the position of Director General of the Criminal Investigation Service" and "the Criminal Investigation Commissioner Pedro Lufunfula, for the position of Deputy Director General of the Criminal Investigation Service".
It is recalled that recently, the name of Arnaldo Manuel Carlos was highlighted in the media for having played an important role in the arrest of João Rendeiro. Arnaldo Carlos was the link between the Portuguese authorities and the South African authorities, who began to monitor João Rendeiro, in an operation that ended with the arrest of the former banker.
