3 h. ago Vape disguised as children's toy cup among £35k of products seized in crackdown on illegal nicotine products

The illegal vapes - disguised as children's toys - were found in a £35,000 haul of products seized by Westminster council officials and police.

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6 h. ago Police seize ‘toy cup’ vape and 3,000 other illegal devices in £35,000 Soho sting

The raid on a Soho store uncovered 3,000 illegal devices - one of the largest hauls since the Government banned single use vapes

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3 d. ago Young people becoming ‘desensitised’ to harmful material – senior police officer

West Mercia Police Chief Superintendent Mo Lansdale said material found on devices seized from a 15-year-old boy’s home was ‘truly shocking’.

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4 d. ago 'Hijacker' arrested after 'trying to steal plane', but motive remains a mystery

Australian police arrested a suspected hijacker who allegedly tried to seize control of an Australian passenger jet and take it to the Middle East - with investigations into the motive ongoing

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6 d. ago Police seize jewels worth $30M in diamond smuggler raid at Istanbul’s historic Grand Bazaar

The Grand Bazaar is one of the world’s most visited tourist sites

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6 d. ago Police in Haiti regain control of key telecom hub seized by gangs

Police in Haiti say they have regained control of a critical telecommunications hub that heavily armed gangs had seized last week, briefly disrupting air traffic and internet connections

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9 d. ago Australia was once the gold standard for gun safety. Experts say it’s losing control

Gun numbers have rapidly increased, 3D-printed firearms are routinely seized by police and one state is on the verge of enshrining a ‘right to hunt’ in lawIt was lunchtime on a Sunday in April when Martin Bryant pulled out a semiautomatic rifle and killed 12 people in 15 seconds within the close confines of the Broad Arrow cafe in the historic site of Port Arthur, Tasmania.The 1996 massacre, which went on to claim the lives of 35 people and wound another 23, prompted an unprecedented overhaul of Australia’s gun laws. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Seizures total more than £300,000 as cops crackdown on 'organised criminal trade'

Vapes and cigarettes were seized by police

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1 week ago Notting Hill Carnival safety blitz sees police seize 50 weapons and make 100 arrests

Arrests of 100 suspects ‘intended to disrupt and deter people posing the biggest risk to safety’ at this weekend’s event

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1 week ago Welsh police seize cash and drugs as one arrested in early morning raids

A 25-year-old from Rhymney remains in police custody

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1 week ago Houses raided in Moss Side as police seize machete and haul of drugs

Five people were arrested following reports of drug dealing in the area

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1 week ago SNP spent over £100,000 on luxury motorhome seized by police

The vehicle is now estimated to be worth less than half of the purchase price.

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1 week ago 'You just never know, do you?' Neighbours' shock as police raid suspected spice lab and seize 'blank firing weapon'

'I heard all this banging and smashing. I went out in the garden because I thought they were being robbed but it was the police'

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2 w. ago Andrew Tate's £180,000 deposit for Aston Martin 'Bond' supercar seized by police

The controversial social media influencer paid the sum towards the £850,000 special edition Valhalla in July 2021.

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2 w. ago Andrew Tate’s £180,000 Aston Martin supercar deposit seized by police

Half of the money will be distributed to good causes.

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2 w. ago Police seize supercars worth more than £6m in crackdown on antisocial driving in London

Police seize supercars worth more than £6m in crackdown on antisocial driving in London  The Guardian

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2 w. ago Police seize luxury cars worth more than £6m in London's West End

Police seize luxury cars worth more than £6m in London's West End  Sky News

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3 w. ago Trump’s military takeover of Washington DC is a sheer demonstration of power | Moira Dongan

No one believes that the deployment of troops to America’s most liberal, most racially diverse, and most culturally thriving cities is about solving a real problemPresident Trump imposed a military takeover of the nation’s capital on Monday, sending National Guard troops to Washington. He also seized control of the DC municipal police department, invoking an obscure section of the 1973 D.C. Home Rule Act which allows the president to take control of local law enforcement in the district for a period of one month in times of emergency.That there is no emergency is irrelevant: Trump has declared one in order to exercise powers that are only available to him in a state of exception, which is, of course, what the whole country increasingly finds itself to be experiencing as the president expands the powers of his office from those of a constitutional executive into something more like the power of authoritarian control.Moira Donegan is a Guardian US columnist Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Trump takes extraordinary action to crush 'bloodshed and bedlam' in DC by seizing control of local police and unleashing National Guard

President Donald Trump announced Monday his intentions to deploy federal law enforcement officials to clean up Washington, DC and further combat violent crime in the city.

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3 w. ago Ayahuasca and toad poison seized as police raid spiritual retreats in Spain

Three arrested and San Pedro cactus plants also found at rural properties that hosted lucrative ‘astral journeys’Police in eastern Spain have arrested three people and seized 11 litres of ayahuasca, 117 San Pedro cactus plants and several bottles of toad poison after raiding two rural properties that were used to host lucrative spiritual retreats promising “astral journeys”.Officers from the Guardia Civil force began investigating the business in the Pedreguer municipality of Alicante province five months ago after receiving a complaint from a former customer. They discovered that the retreat, which advertised online and billed itself as an award-winning and internationally renowned spiritual centre, offered “traditional curative medicine” breaks that were especially popular among European visitors. Continue reading...

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