Local man installs gym equipment on Ilha Verde hill

A 62-year-old local retired man has been found responsible for damage on the Ilha Verde hill, the Judiciary Police reported yesterday.

Earlier on Monday, the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) reported to the police about deliberate damage to the Ilha Verde hill.

“Recently [on Sunday], a group reported [to the IC] that the Ilha Verde hill had been deliberately damaged. The body of the Ilha Verde hill is a location which has been assessed […] and is protected by the cultural heritage protection law. According to the change that appeared on the mountain, the IC believes that the behavior could constitute a crime,” the bureau announced in a statement released on Monday.

Yesterday, the PJ said that the police found the man on Ilha Verde on Sunday, after it received the IC’s report, and that the man was working out on the hill. In addition to the man himself, the police seized a hoe and a sickle from the local resident.

The man lives in a social housing estate close to the hill. He dug into the hill, built stairs and installed gym equipment on the hill to allow himself to work out and hike on the mountain.

The damage spans an area of 20 by 30 meters.