As covered by thenational.ae, “L M, 28, from Holland, called the police after a thief ran off with her handbag, but when they arrived she became abusive. When the patrol met her on Sheikh Zayed Road near the Zaatar and Zeit restaurant she told them a thief had cut the strap of her bag then ran away with it…’She also insulted our religion.’He said that when the woman finished telling him about the theft, she spat at him.” Read Article
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According to khaleejtimes.com, “An Arab man has been arrested by the Abu Dhabi Police for sorcery ten days after he arrived in the country as a tourist. The 38-year-old man, H.H., claimed that he could harmonise hearts of people, dissolve the power of black magic and multiply money. He said each magic talisman — a […]
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As reported by mcclatchydc.com, “James McTurk is 78. He has wispy white hair and glasses, and speaks with a soft Scottish accent. He lives on a pension – and in a jail cell. He has been twice convicted on child pornography charges, and his legal troubles have just intensified: McTurk could become the first person […]
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According to thelocal.fr, “A Frenchman wearing a uniform and claiming to be an Air France pilot was arrested on board a plane in the US city of Philadelphia after being found sitting in the cockpit, police said on Friday. The individual, identified as Philippe Jeannard of La Rochelle, France, was a ticketed passenger for the […]
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According to scmp.com, “A tourist from South Africa was arrested after he dragged a taxi driver from his vehicle and went for a 45-minute joyride from Central to Hung Hom before dawn on Friday. A breathalyser test showed his breath-alcohol level was three times the legal limit, according to police. The 49-year-old man, only identified […]
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As covered by stuff.co.nz, “A woman who brazenly walked into a museum in Arrowtown and walked out again with an artwork she took off the wall has been arrested. Queenstown police said news and social media coverage yesterday lead to the women being tracked down in Te Anau. She was an English tourist, travelling the […]
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As covered by phuketgazette.net, “Police today arrested at least 25 refugees found walking along the busy Chao Fa East Road in Chalong…Some had United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) ID cards identifying them as Sri Lankan nationals. One man had an ID card issued specifically by the Srilankan Tamil Refugees Organization of Malaysia. The […]
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As covered by phuketgazette.net, “A Russian couple were arrested at a tourist sightseeing island off Phuket yesterday afternoon after they were caught charging tourists to have their photos taken with pig-tailed macaques, a protected species in Thailand. Andrey Belov, 31, and Ekaterina Denisovich, 22 were arrested by Natural Resources and Environmental Crime Suppression Division (NED) […]
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Japantoday.com reported the friend of an American on trial in the murder of an Irish exchange student in Tokyo was convicted Wednesday of sexually assaulting the woman she was with on the night she died. Tokyo District Court found James Blackston guilty and sentenced him to three years in prison. Prosecutors had asked for a […]
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thelocal.es reported that a German couple face up to three years in jail and a massive bill after camping out in a Catalonian hotel for 14 months without paying. Hans W., 63, and his 31-year-old girlfriend Monika U. took up residence in the four-star hotel in the popular tourist town of Pals, supposedly with the […]
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