Maritime Police officers from Faro spent part of last Sunday, May 13, trying to nab those sellers who tout all sorts of tat to tourists on the beach, mostly operating without a licence.The police concentrated their efforts at the beaches between Vilamoura and Garrão.
During the bungled swoop, five street vendors were spotted of whom only three were questioned as the other two, when they saw the Maritime Police, legged it.
The police later reported that the sellers that they did manage to intercept and question, "did not have any type of authorisation or licence for carrying out the activity, so officers seized all the articles that were for sale, as a precautionary measure and to keep as evidence for their investigation in administrative offences."
Five cases of administrative infraction were registered, for the sale of clothing, bags, sun-glasses, watches, hats and beach towels.
