Why did they wait until the police were there to behave like that?
How do you know that before the GNR arrived, they hadn't done exactly the same in the privacy of their apartment ?
How do any of us know if upon the GNR arriving, they were in further despair because someone told them that The GNR were not the "proper Police", they are actually soldiers. They were not detectives deakling with Kidnaps etc., but merely according to:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Republican_Guard_(Portugal)
[The GNR is] responsible for the preventive police and highway patrol in the countryside and small towns of Mainland Portugal also,
At national level, GNR also has duties of customs enforcement, coastal control, nature protection, search and rescue operations and state ceremonial guards of honor.
The PJ , however, are the police responsible for kidnappings:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pol%C3%ADcia_Judici%C3%A1ria(Judicial Police) is the national criminal investigation police agency of Portugal, focused in fighting serious crimes, including homicides, kidnapping, organized crime, terrorism, illegal drug trade, corruption, cybercrime and financial crime. It is integrated into the Ministry of Justice, but operates under the supervision of the Public Ministry.Were they upset, destitute even, that having waited so long, the WRONG force arrived ?
What a botch up with the Golden Hour already gone! But with some of the "silver" hour still available !
Little wonder after the stress of waiting so long to then get the wrong force there that they collapsed, imo