7 h. ago Cops seize £190k worth of drugs and weapons during raids on homes

One raid took place at around 9.30am yesterday morning - Friday, April 25, 2025 - in the West Lothian village of East Whitburn.

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13 h. ago ‘I haven’t slept for two days’: Kharkiv residents reel from Russian attacks

Exhausted residents point out latest drone strike came hours after Donald Trump’s rare rebuke to Vladimir PutinAbout 1am on Friday, Yuliia Verbytska woke to the sound of an air raid siren. She grabbed her teenage children – Dmitry, 17, and Olexiy, 12 – and sat in the corridor, checking her phone. In the sky above came an ominous whine. Minutes later, a Russian drone crashed into the disused soap factory down the road in Polyova Street. There was an enormous explosion.“We don’t have a shelter in our building, so we hide behind two concrete walls. All the neighbours sit together. You wonder if this is your last moment,” she said. Friday’s raid followed a massive attack on Thursday on Verbytska’s home, Ukraine’s second city, Kharkiv, and on the capital, Kyiv, where 12 people were killed. “I haven’t slept for two days,” she said wearily. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago The 'Italian Stallion' MMA fighter's lucrative side hustle that led police to his door

Pietro Menga's home was raided after he was identified from Encrochat messages discussing the large-scale sale of drugs

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4 d. ago Police storm home in dawn raid after neighbours' lives made a misery

Officers carried out a dawn raid

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4 d. ago Caravan park billionaire mansion raid: Cops probe burglary at multi

The sprawling six-bedroom mansion near Southampton was previously owned by wealthy tycoon Bob Bull, who claims he was forced into bankruptcy by a drugs cartel.

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7 d. ago Men appear in court accused of 'possessing firearm' after cops raid Edinburgh home

Officers executed a warrant at a property on Crewe Road Gardens, Edinburgh, on Thursday.

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8 d. ago Police find 82 dogs, two cats and a chicken after raiding home

Animals were crammed inside a house, where police officers were called after reports of an 'overwhelming smell'

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8 d. ago Drug dealer throws £10k cocaine over a fence as police raid home in county lines crackdown

This is the moment a drug dealer is captured lobbing a bin bag of cocaine and heroin over a backyard fence as cops smashed their way into a home.

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1 week ago Doors smashed open in Salford street as police raid two homes after serious incident

A major investigation is taking place after a gunman was seen in Salford

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2 w. ago West Lothian teen arrested as police raid home and make disturbing discovery

A significant quantity of cocaine and cannabis was recovered from the property in Livingston.

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2 w. ago Drug dealer launches bin bag of cocaine and heroin over fence as police raid home

A drug dealer was caught launching a bin bag full of cocaine and heroin over a fence as police smashed their way into a home in Birmingham.

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2 w. ago Birmingham residents urged to watch for ‘bin raiders’ as strikes spark fraud warning

Birmingham’s residents have been warned of less obvious dangers as bin strike action continues

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2 w. ago Man claims his 7 caged big cats 'rescued' from Tiger King are for 'emotional support'

Karl Mitchell, 71, said he had “'rescued' the big cats from 'Tiger King' Joe Exotic and that he kept them as 'emotional support animals', but his home was raided last year

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2 w. ago Keir Starmer rocked as Labour MP is held in rape and child abuse probe

Dan Norris, who ousted Jacob Rees-Mogg as the MP for North East Somerset and Hanham, was taken into custody after police raided his constituency home

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3 w. ago Labour MP Dan Norris arrested on suspicion of rape and child sex offences

Dan Norris who defeated Jacob Rees Mogg to become MP for North East Somerset and Hanham last year, was taken into custody after police raided his constituency home on Friday

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3 w. ago Labour MP Dan Norris is arrested on suspicion of rape and child sex offences after police raid

Dan Norris, who ousted Jacob Rees-Mogg as MP for North East Somerset at last year's election, was taken into custody after police raided his constituency home.

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3 w. ago Revealed: The school WhatsApp messages that led to six police officers raiding 'reasonable' couple's home before arresting them and holding them in a cell for 11 hours

Friends of a couple arrested over their comments made in a school WhatsApp group have spoken of their 'shock and anger' over the incident.

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3 w. ago Burglar who once raided home of Swansea City legend caught selling heroin

A judge told Ben Llewellyn to reflect on his life as he approached his 40th birthday

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3 w. ago Hunt for masked raider targeting homes of families as more than £100k in gold jewellery is snatched

Cops are hunting a masked raider after he was caught on CCTV entering a property in York, in one of ten shocking heists.

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4 w. ago Charlotte Crosby sells house and employs 'intense security' after terrifying home raid

Celebrity Big Brother star Charlotte Crosby was eight months pregnant when masked criminals broke into her house, and she revealed the 'expensive' measures she's taking to keep safe now

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