6 h. ago 'Vital cogs' in UK crime gang caught by police at Welsh builders merchants

The criminals who police intercepted had travelled 250 miles from Lancashire as part of a 'large-scale and well-organised criminal enterprise'

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52 h. ago Alleged organiser of shooting of Colombian senator caught by police

Elder José Arteaga Hernández in custody after the non-fatal attack on Miguel Uribe Turbay in a Bogotá park in JuneThe alleged mastermind behind the shooting of a conservative Colombian senator and presidential candidate has been taken into custody, almost a month after the attack, law enforcement authorities have said.Elder José Arteaga Hernández, alias “Chipi” or “Costeño”, was arrested in the north-western part of the capital, Bogotá, on Saturday, national police director Maj Gen Carlos Fernando Triana told reporters. Authorities had previously accused him and other suspects of being near the Bogotá park where Miguel Uribe Turbay was shot on 7 June. Continue reading...

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61 h. ago Two more arrests over 'attempted murder' and 'firebombing' in Edinburgh

Arrests increase to 52 as police investigate suspected gang feud.

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62 h. ago Fog machines, barriers and citizen’s arrests: Meet the shopkeepers hitting back against ‘kamikaze’ thieves

Amid a huge surge in thefts, many of which go unpunished, Alex Ross speaks to business owners using unique techniques in the fight against shoplifters

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4 d. ago Moment police arrest 'Albanian organised crime gang members' after spate of million

Cheshire Police detectives swooped on three addresses in Walsall, Sutton Coldfield and Birmingham and cuffed three Albanian men aged 27, 28 and 30 and a British woman aged 33.

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4 d. ago Greater Manchester Police investigating 1,000 grooming gang suspects, watchdog says

Andy Burnham said ‘never again will any child here be labelled or dismissed’ after a report found significant improvements in the force’s response to grooming gangs

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5 d. ago Welsh drug gang boss fled to Spain and South America as the net closed

Paul Harris, 28, ran an organised crime gang based in southeast Wales which was involved in the wholesale supply of cocaine and ketamine

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8 d. ago This teenager was dealing heroin and cocaine and 'living off the misery of others'

Morgan Mason was caught after a foot chase with police officers through Swansea Marina

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9 d. ago Crossbow cannibal cop found brain in microwave and severed breasts on table

Serial killer Stephen Griffiths proudly proclaimed himself as the Crossbow Cannibal when he appeared in court charged with the murders of three women. Now as a Prime Video documentary looks back at his twisted crimes, the two police officers who caught him reveal the sickening sights inside his blood-splattered Bradford flat

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1 week ago Couple caught in 'sex act' on busy train as police launch appeal for woman in fur coat

A couple were caught committing an indecent act on a busy evening train service, with police now launching an appeal for witnesses

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1 week ago Woman, 21, becomes sixth person charged with murder of mother

Former shop worker Joanne Penney, 40, was killed on a doorstep when she was shot in the chest by an alleged crime gang in Talbot Green, south Wales

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1 week ago British man 'caught accepting cocaine in police sting' faces 12 years in Bali jail

Elliot James Shaw, 50, is the fourth Brit to come before a Bali court on cocaine trafficking charges in recent weeks. Shaw was arrested after a police sting operation at a hotel near a Bali beach

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1 week ago Mexican president demands proof after US accuses banks of laundering drug money

Claudia Sheinbaum frustrated as US says trio – placed under sanctions – are ‘vital cogs in the fentanyl supply chain’Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum expressed frustration at US sanctions against three Mexican financial institutions accused of laundering drug money, and said the US has not yet provided any evidence of criminal activity.“Until now, the treasury department has not sent any proof that indicates there is money laundering,” Sheinbaum said. “We will act if there is proof.” Continue reading...

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1 week ago Nursery teacher 'who made one child's hair fall out due to physical abuse' is caught on CCTV hitting and slapping two

The teacher - named as Zhanel Musken, 29 - hit and slapped the infants, pulled their hair, shook and pushed them, and roughly changed their clothes, it is alleged.

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1 week ago Snake's alive! Fifth monster python is caught in British countryside

Four of the snakes were found on June 13 and 14, and a fifth was spotted by a shocked motorist last Saturday in the Twigmoor and Cleatham areas of north Lincolnshire.

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1 week ago Three Albanians and a Moldovan woman are arrested in dawn raids targeting people smuggling ring 'who advertised illegal crossings on social media'

Four people have been arrested as part of a National Crime Agency investigation into an alleged people smuggling gang that is said to have advertised Channel crossings on social media.

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1 week ago Useless burglar caught by police after he ran bath in stranger's home ‘to escape wife’

A man identified only as 'Joe' was found in a stranger's house having just run himself a bath and made a batch of food, claiming he was on the run from his wife

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1 week ago 'Cinderella' phone snatcher caught after police found DNA that meant 'slipper fitted'

'Cinderella' phone snatcher caught after police found DNA that meant 'slipper fitted'  GB News

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2 w. ago ‘Cinderella’ phone snatcher caught by City of London police after DNA left on lost shoe

Spencer Duarte appeared at Inner London Crown where he admitted one count of theft

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2 w. ago Sex offender with 'deeply disturbing and calculated intent to exploit children'

David Mitchell was caught in a police sting

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