Two men were arrested at the international airport in the Colombian city of Medellin after they ingested $40,000 (£26,500) worth of cash and tried to enter Colombia. Sky News reports that the pair were detained separately throughout the past week and were on flights arriving from Costa Rica, security officials said. Read article
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The murderer spat on passengers, ripped a telephone from the seat of a plane and tried to urinate in the aisle during two attempts to fly him on commercial airlines. Herring, 66, who is notorious for his extraordinary displays of anger and abuse, is due to be deported after spending two decades in jail for […]
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CUSTOMS authorities in India have arrested a man who was attempting to board a flight in New Delhi with an endangered monkey in his underwear. The suspect from the United Arab Emirates, who was detained along with two other travellers, had arrived from the Thai capital Bangkok and was about to take a connecting flight […]
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HONOLULU — The Australian tourist who pleaded no contest to third-degree negligent homicide in a Hawaii personal watercraft crash that killed a California teen is expected to be sentenced. Tyson Dagley entered the plea to the misdemeanor charge last month and is to be sentenced Wednesday. He faces up to a year in prison and […]
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Sri Lankan police arrested a Chinese tourist suspected of swallowing a diamond worth 1.8 million rupees ($13,600) on Wednesday at the island nation’s biggest international gem and jewelry exhibition. Chow Cheng, 32, is believed to have swallowed the diamond as he inspected it at the exhibition, attended by buyers from China, Hong Kong, Thailand, India […]
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A 30-year-old Welshman has been charged by police in Australia after a backpacker in fancy dress was set on fire. New South Wales Police said a 31-year-old Frenchman was attending a party at a backpacker hostel in Sydney wearing a mummy costume made of toilet paper when he was allegedly set alight by a fellow […]
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A 93-year-old Australian man attempted to escape charges that he raped four young Thai sisters by fleeing illegally into Burma, Thai police say. But instead of being taken to Burma’s largest city, Rangoon, and deported to Australia, Karl Joseph Kraus, a former railway worker, was escorted by Burmese police and officials back across the border […]
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Two Iranian men accused of stealing Thai currency from Money Exchange Booths in Chonburi and Rayong Provinces have been arrested by Police. On Wednesday afternoon at Banglamung Police Station, Police Major General Jamnong, Provincial Police Commander, held a press conference to announce the arrest of Mr. Allashraf Rezamanesh Faramani aged 50 and Mr. Hamidzra Radshambayati […]
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A British tourist is facing jail in Dubai for up to a year – for swearing and blasphemy. Andrew Graham, 40, reportedly called the Islamic prophet Muhammad a ‘terrorist’ in a heated row with salesman in a Dubai shopping mall, a court heard yesterday. He faces spending a year in a Dubai jail if he […]
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A FRENCH tourist has been located by searchers and has been charged by police after a two-day search at Strathdickie, near Proserpine. The 27-year-old went missing from Strathdickie last Thursday morning and he was located by police on Friday night and was airlifted to the Townsville General Hospital for treatment. Read Article
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