5 d. ago Chewbacca's crossbow from original Star Wars trilogy sells for £600,000

The Wookie's weapon was described by auctioneers Propstore as 'one of the rarest Star Wars hero props in existence', beat its estimate of between £198,000 to £397,000.

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6 d. ago Crossbows, £10,000 cash and drugs seized in chainsaw raids on Abertillery properties

Two men have been arrested in connection with the early morning raids at two Abertillery properties with officers using chainsaws to access the buildings

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6 d. ago Five charged with drug offences after Valleys property searched

Drugs and cash were found during a search of a property in Tylorstown, in the Rhondda

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9 d. ago Four arrested and thousands of pounds of cash and cocaine seized in organised crime squad drugs raids

Warrants were carried out across Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside

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9 d. ago Cops seize drone, drugs and cash at Greater Manchester prison

Three people were arrested

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3 w. ago Dope Thief review – this crime caper’s hilarious moments are like Brooklyn Nine

Apple TV+’s mesmerising, funny tale of low-level criminals stealing drugs while posing as DEA agents is fast, furious – and stars Brian Tyree Henry on heartbreakingly wonderful formContrary to popular belief, a man’s reach should ideally not exceed his grasp. All hell tends to break loose if it does. Never more so, it turns out, than if a pair of low-level criminals find a semi-lucrative groove posing as DEA agents to fake-bust other small-time drug dealers and relieve them of their cash without real police ever getting involved.Such is the hustle of Ray Driscoll (Atlanta’s Brian Tyree Henry) and Manny Carvalho (Narcos’ Wagner Moura): best friends since they met as young men in prison, addicts at different stages of recovery, and now partners in crime moving through the minor crack dens of Philadelphia. The opening set piece is so funny (“Did you just pause the game?” Ray asks incredulously as the armed pair burst into a dealer’s house screaming at the computer-playing addicts to ge...

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4 w. ago Killer who carried out barbaric 'horror film' torture on drug dealer loses jail term appeal

Thomas Campbell, 38, was left for dead in his hallway after being tied up, stabbed and beaten for two hours by a gang who ransacked his home in search of valuables, cash or drugs

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