Posted on 08/15/2025 11:52:48 AM PDT by nickcarraway
The Portuguese Public Security Police (PSP) has added a Ferrari 488 GTB to its fleet – the first Ferrari ever to serve the force – after it was seized in a drug trafficking case.
According to Jornal de Notícias, the €240,000 supercar was handed over to the state under a court ruling, rather than purchased through the government’s €34 million vehicle programme launched in 2023.
PSP officials said the Ferrari, equipped with a 3.9-litre twin-turbo V8 engine delivering 670 hp, can accelerate from 0–100 km/h in three seconds and reach a top speed of 330 km/h.
After being fitted with reflective PSP livery, communication systems, and other modifications, the Ferrari entered service last month.
A PSP source told Jornal de Notícias the car will be used for:
Urgent human organ transport for transplants
Visibility monitoring during preventive actions
Exhibitions at fairs and public events
Escort duties for high-level organisations
Why the police keep luxury cars
Management of these seized assets falls to Portugal’s Asset Management Bureau (GAB), which decides whether vehicles, property, or money from criminal cases should be sold, destroyed, or repurposed. The goal is to prevent valuable assets from losing worth, and, in cases like this, to put them to public use.
The PSP already operates several other seized high-performance cars, including:
Ford Mustang GT – seized in an illegal import case, in service since May 2023
BMW i8 – confiscated from a trafficker
Porsche 911 Carrera – linked to a fraud case
Audi R8 – connected to drug trafficking
Subaru Impreza – acquired from the now-defunct General Directorate of Traffic.
200+ mph...........................
They may have been better off selling it and using the funds to buy standard cars instead. It will be a target for thieves to steal it from them and then they will have nothing.
Hey Chief, can we borrow the car, we’re going to lunch. Can we get you anything?
Sonny Crockett gives two thumbs up on this.!
Needs a sign on the front of it FEEL LUCKEY.
That's only 62 mph. The G7 & G8 do that as well, and they both have top speeds rated at over 200 mph. The G7 was under 100K & the GG8 is right around 100K.
Since when is a Subaru Impreza a luxury car? That’s their entry-level model, unless it’s a WRX.
This is a play toy for one of the Capitals. The maintenance will eat their lunch.
Damn autocorrect. Police Captain
Yep there is a reason regular people don't own these. Just wait a few days and it will need maintenance, repairs and parts.
Its cheaper to maintain a nice helicopter than to keep one of these operational.
Boogity Boogity Boogity
Let’s go racing, boys!
This Ferrari functions as a “halo” vehicle for the cops… much in same way that the Blue Angels jets serve as PR for the navy. Yes, the maintenance and repair costs will be ridiculously expensive but that’s kind of beside the point
In Portugal it’s a luxury car.
Kit car built on an MG chassis. The “Smiths’ label the bottom of the speedometer was the give-away.
In fact, Ferrari sued the company that made it out of existence because of the exposure they got in FBDO.
The Italian police have had a few Lamborghinis laying about for more than 20 years.
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