6 h. ago Police raid ‘psychedelic retreat’ where guests were given toad venom and ayahuasca

Police said they began investigating the company after a complaint from a victim

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27 h. ago Spanish police raid ‘spiritual retreat’ where guests were given toad venom, cactus and ayahuasca

Police said they began investigating the company after a complaint from a victim

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33 h. ago ‘Do not buy these flats’: residents warn about unbearable heat inside London new

Experts say many new homes being built in the UK not designed to withstand extreme summer temperaturesLow-income and minority ethnic people in England most at risk from dangerously hot homesWhy UK housing is dangerously unprepared for impact of climate crisisFrom shutters to reflective paint: how to prevent UK homes overheatingThe sweltering conditions inside Leaside Lock, a new-build development in east London, are hardly a secret. Last June, a warning written in big, capital letters was stuck to the window of one flat. “DO NOT BUY THESE FLATS. TOO HOT,” it read.It was hard to miss for those walking past the looming high-rises and, after being snapped and posted on social media, the placard has garnered more than 500,000 views. More than a year on, during a summer when the UK recorded its second warmest June and fifth hottest July since 1884, residents say heat is still an issue. Continue reading...

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51 h. 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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5 d. ago India bans books and police raid bookstores in crackdown on ‘false narrative’ in Kashmir

Authorities threaten people with prison time for selling or owning works by authors like Booker winner Arundhati Roy and historians Victoria Schofield

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6 d. ago Moment burglars steal £500k of gold jewellery from home in brazen raid while family sit inside

CCTV footage captured the trio breaking into a property on Bickley Road in Bromley, southeast London , via a bathroom window at around 5.40pm on December 30, 2024.

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6 d. ago Police appeal after burglars steal £500k of gold and jewellery in daytime raid while owners are at home

The loot was taken from a property on Bickley Road, Bromley on the evening of December 30, 2024. More to follow. CCTV footage shows three men breaking in via a bathroom window.

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6 d. ago Police bust £87,000 cannabis farm in raid on 'large operation'

Officers executed a warrant at the address in Stockport

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6 d. ago Police raid seven shops 'after receiving intelligence' and find huge £37,500 haul

Items worth tens of thousands of pounds were recovered

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7 d. ago Trio jailed after police bust £1.8m cannabis farm hidden in derelict Scots shopping centre

The cannabis factory had been set up in shuttered units at the disused former Forum Shopping Centre in Irvine.

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7 d. ago Police make incredible discovery during raid at industrial unit

Four people have been arrested

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8 d. ago Police raid house and arrest man, 36, in 'significant step' after £250k theft

Police carried out raid in Salford today

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8 d. ago Woman arrested in dawn raid by Met Police in a riot van after Facebook post about her cop ex

Sarah had been told by a friend about a Facebook post in a local group which warned about the behaviour of men they have dated.

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3 w. ago Thug left dangling upside down as he gets stuck in window while attempting to escape 'cannabis farm' during police raid

This is the moment a gang member gets stuck upside down while attempting to escape through a window, as police swoop in on a 'cannabis farm'.

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3 w. ago He didn't know her, never visited, and wasn't at her funeral

Neighbours of Eileen Holland say they never once saw the knife-wielding Romanian thug who inherited her house - not when she was alive, not at her funeral, and not even after police raided .

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3 w. ago Glasgow crime: £160k of drugs and £80k cash seized by police in raid on Scottish flat

A 22-year-old man was charged

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last month California professor accused of assault after he was ‘kidnapped’ during ICE protests at cannabis farm raid

Witnesses says masked agents tackled Jonathan Anthony Caravello as he moved tear gas canister from wheelchair

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