A 28 year old man has been arrested after a drug seizure in Co. Donegal. Four kilos of a synthetic stimulant known as ‘4 MEC’ were seized by Customs officers yesterday. Read article
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The Canada Border Services Agency says a pair of teenagers planning to board a flight out of Vancouver had swallowed more than 300 pellets of drugs in a smuggling attempt. A border guard became suspicious of the 17- and 18-year-old males during questioning on Sunday. Read article
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Five terrorists have been caught apparently plotting an attack on British tourists in an Egyptian resort in the lead-up to Christmas. The suspected jihadists were arrested by Egyptian counter terror police as they collected rocket-propelled grenades, rifles and pistols in an attempt believed to be similar to the Mumbai attacks in India which killed 166 […]
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Three British tourists are being questioned in Cyprus after an off-duty soldier was stabbed to death at a nightclub in the popular resort of Ayia Napa. The 19-year-old, serving with 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, was killed after he and three other soldiers allegedly became involved in an argument with the tourists. Read […]
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LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — A man who identified himself as a former British special forces soldier has been arrested in an Amazon jungle tourist town for illegal possession of a submachine gun, a pistol and an unspecified quantity of cocaine, authorities said Wednesday. Mark David Hassell was arrested Monday night in his room at […]
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Police arrested a big gang of 11 mostly South Americans who had been burglarizing homes in Pattaya and other areas. They mailed the stolen items back home or sold them at pawnshops. Many suspects also had expired visas. Members of the gang of thieves were identified as: Mr. Torres Rodigrace Carlos Enrike, age 35, nationality […]
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The arrest of two American sailors on suspicion of raping a woman in Okinawa has reignited tensions over the US military’s longstanding presence on the southern Japanese island. Japanese police are questioning the suspects, named as Seaman Christopher Browning and Petty Officer 3rd Class Skyler Dozierwalker, both 23, who were arrested after allegedly raping the […]
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A tourist has been arrested after trying to take a police officer’s gun and Taser during a scuffle in far north Queensland. Police say they went to speak to the 27-year-old man in central Cairns around 11.30am (AEST) on Saturday, when he tried to remove a Taser from an officer’s belt. Read article
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David Cecil faces criminal charges that could lead to a two-year prison sentence in the East African country. Performances of The River and The Mountain, written by Beau Hopkins, an Oxford-educated British playwright, were cancelled at the last minute at the National Theatre in Kampala. Read article
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An Irish tourist has been arrested for attempting to rob baked goods at knifepoint. The 25-year-old, Robert McTernan, from Newbridge, County Kildare, had just landed in Boston for a two-week holiday when the incident took place.
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