US citizen Jeffrey Jinnin Worn was arrested at Indira Gandhi International Airport on Saturday (May 26) on charges of possessing of live handgun ammunition as he prepared to board an outbound Turkish Airlines flight. The ammunition in his bag was identified during a scan of his carry-on luggage. Worn reportedly told airport police that he […]
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A SOUTH KOREAN court yesterday sentenced a Chinese tourist to 10 months in jail for throwing four Molotov cocktails at the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on Jan. 8 to demand an apology for his maternal grandmother. Liu Qiang, a 36-year-old man from Guangzhou, was wearing a T-shirt with the characters “apologize” at the time. Read […]
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A German, identified as Manfred Bachmann, 58, has been arrested for allegedly stealing a total of sh82m from a city businessman. It is common to be stopped by a man or woman who allegedly picked up diamonds, gold, or any other mineral and wants to take it to the owner without being found out by […]
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Laura Webb, 34, and her ex-husband Paul Makin were arrested in 2009 as they tried to fly home from a holiday on Venezuela’s Margarita Island with 53Ib (24kg) of cocaine hidden inside their luggage. Altough Ms Webb has always insisted that she was unaware of the drugs, she was found guilty of being an accessory […]
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A British tourist has died in police custody in Kenya after he was arrested for allegedly smoking cannabis, a spokesman said yesterday. The man, who has been named by police as Alexander Monsow, 24, died at hospital on Saturday following his arrest in the coastal town of Diani. Read article
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Police in Brazil say an American tourist was detained for several hours after trying to leave Rio de Janeiro without paying his hotel bill of more than $7,000, including $3,000 for “caipirinhas” – Brazil’s national cocktail of sugarcane rum, lime, sugar and ice. Read Article
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Two twenty-something British Nationals were arrested by Guardia Civil officers as soon as their ‘plane landed in Tenerife south airport at lunchtime today. Emergency protocols were instigated after the two young men alleged they had carried a bomb on board the Thomas Cook flight which originated in Manchester. The threat was made during a row […]
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British tourist arrested in China ‘for sexual assault’ A British tourist has been arrested after allegedly sexually assaulting a local woman in Beijing.A video of a British tourist sexually assaulting a local woman in Beijing has gone viral in China, prompting angry calls for him to be charged with attempted rape. The 24-year-old man was […]
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SANTO DOMINGO. – A Canadian tourist was arrested in Puerto Plata where he’ll be charged with possession of crack and marijuana, the National Drugs Control Agency (DNCD) announced Wednesday. It also announced the arrest of three men on drugs possession at Santiago’s Cibao International Airport, two of whom went to accompany the third prior to […]
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