Posts tagged with "arrests"

Trump urges Mexico to send migrants home; 42 arrested Americas

Trump urges Mexico to send migrants home; 42 arrested

November 26th, 20181216 U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that Mexico should send Central American migrants seeking asylum in the United States back to their home countries, a day after U.S. authorities shut the country's busiest southern border crossing and fired tear gas into the crowd. U.S. officials reopened the crossing at the San Ysidro port...
DNA links two men to past arms finds Cyprus

DNA links two men to past arms finds

November 6th, 20181316 The Paphos district court remanded two men, 82 and 42, for three days on Tuesday, after DNA evidence linked them to firearms and explosives discovered in 2011 and 2014. The 81-year-old, a Paphos resident, was arrested at 9pm on Monday, after genetic material linked him to two past cases involving the discovery in an abandoned house in...
China nabs 26 suspected tomb robbers, recovers valuable relics World

China nabs 26 suspected tomb robbers, recovers valuable relics

August 19th, 2018768 China has arrested 26 suspects and retrieved almost 650 cultural relics stolen from an ancient burial site in northwestern Qinghai province, the Ministry of Public Security said on Sunday. China's official Xinhua news agency said experts believe many of the items recovered are of "tremendous historical value" as they show cultural...
Two arrested in Chile over bomb threats that caused flight chaos World

Two arrested in Chile over bomb threats that caused flight chaos

August 17th, 20181694 Chilean police arrested two men over bomb threats that grounded nine commercial airplanes in Chile, Peru and Argentina on Thursday. A specialist organised crime unit arrested one, 29-year-old Chilean man in the northern city of Antofagasta overnight after using cellphone triangulation to locate him, police said. The man was...
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Police arrest illegals and employers

Police arrested 12 people on Thursday for illegal employment during a joint operation with the customs department to check leisure centres and other premises. Multiple police departments coordinated the investigation and searched three restaurants and a warehouse. Nine people were found to have been employed illegally. They were...
Arrests for blowing up car Cyprus

Arrests for blowing up car

July 6th, 20181707 Police arrested two 18 year olds in Nicosia district on Thursday who they suspect blew up a 56-year-old man’s car. The explosion occurred at around 03:10 AM on Wednesday, and was caused by an improvised explosive device made from a water pipe. The vehicle was parked on the street just outside the man’s house. Police searched...
Police kept busy over Easter, no serious injuries recorded Cyprus

Police kept busy over Easter, no serious injuries recorded

April 10th, 20181974 A firecracker thrown by three boys set fire to a truck in Larnaca on Monday, as the Easter festivities wound down without serious injuries but lots of public disturbance and rioting. Police spokesman Andreas Angelides said no serious injuries from firecrackers had been recorded as the force cracked down on the ‘tradition’ and...
Italy arrests five Tunisians in anti-terror swoop World

Italy arrests five Tunisians in anti-terror swoop

March 29th, 20181473 Italian police on Thursday arrested five Tunisians as part of what they said was a major operation against suspected supporters of Islamist terrorism in central and southern Italy. The swoop is the latest in a series of similar raids this month, coming as Italy steps up the number of foreigners it expels. On Wednesday...
Eight people held in Belgium after anti-terror raids Europe

Eight people held in Belgium after anti-terror raids

March 5th, 20181488 Belgium has detained eight people during raids linked to an anti-terrorism investigation, prosecutors said on Monday. Police raided seven homes on Sunday in the Brussels district of Molenbeek as well as the Flemish towns of Geraardsbergen and Mechelen, the office of the federal prosecutor said, adding that no weapons or explosives...
Second arrest for crystal meth Cyprus

Second arrest for crystal meth

February 13th, 20182580 A 31-year-old person was arrested on Monday in connection with the illegal possession of drugs. For the same case, a 31-year-old man was remanded on Sunday for eight days after one kilo of crystal meth was found in his car the previous night. The crystal meth, which was in two plastic bags, was found in his car after a search by...
Turkey orders arrest of pro-Kurdish party leader - agency Turkey

Turkey orders arrest of pro-Kurdish party leader - agency

February 9th, 20181410 Turkey has ordered the arrest of 17 people including the co-leader of the main pro-Kurdish political party over opposition to the military's offensive in Syria, the state-run Anadolu news agency said on Friday. Since the launch of the campaign in north-west Syria's Afrin nearly three weeks ago, authorities have said they would arrest...
Police arrest two men in murder investigation (Updated) Cyprus

Police arrest two men in murder investigation (Updated)

February 9th, 20186209 A Limassol court remanded two men in custody for eight days on Friday in connection with the murder of a 47-year-old man the previous day. Six more people are being sought, police said, including three men believed to be the gunmen. Police told the court the men, a 24-year-old Georgian and a Russian, 25, who live in Limassol, are...
Turkey detains 300 people over criticism of Syrian offensive Turkey

Turkey detains 300 people over criticism of Syrian offensive

January 29th, 20182265 Turkey has detained more than 300 people for social media posts criticising its military offensive in Syria, the government said on Monday, a day after President Tayyip Erdogan accused doctors who opposed the campaign of betrayal. Since launching its 10-day-old air and ground offensive against the Kurdish YPG militia in Syria's...
Iran leader blames enemies for unrest; death toll rises (Update) World

Iran leader blames enemies for unrest; death toll rises (Update)

January 2nd, 20182594 Iran's Supreme Leader on Tuesday accused enemies of the Islamic Republic of stirring unrest across the country as the death toll from anti-government demonstrations that began last week rose to 21. Nine Iranians were killed in Isfahan province during protests on Monday night, including two members of the security forces, state...
Two Reuters journalists arrested in Myanmar - government Asia

Two Reuters journalists arrested in Myanmar - government

December 13th, 20171298 Two Reuters journalists were arrested on Tuesday evening in Myanmar's main city, Yangon, a government spokesman said. "Yes it is correct that they were arrested," spokesman Zaw Htay said. "Not only your reporters, but also the policemen who were involved in that case. We will take action against those policemen and also the...
Two arrests after theft and malicious damage Crime

Two arrests after theft and malicious damage

November 23rd, 20172825 Two men were arrested in connection with a case of theft and malicious damage in Paphos on Wednesday, police announced on Thursday morning. The owner of an apartment complex, 45, reported to police that over Tuesday night/Wednesday morning two televisions, two decoders, a number of mobile phones and a cash register with money were...
Turkey orders detention of 100 former police officers in post-coup probe World

Turkey orders detention of 100 former police officers in post-coup probe

October 14th, 20172786 Turkish authorities issued detention warrants on Saturday for 100 former police officers and have so far detained 63 of them, the state-run Anadolu news agency said, as part of a widening crackdown since last year’s failed coup attempt. The suspects were believed to be users of ByLock, an encrypted messaging app which the government...
Police hold five over wired explosives found in posh Paris area Global terrorism

Police hold five over wired explosives found in posh Paris area

October 3rd, 20173206 French counter-terrorism investigators questioned five people on Tuesday after police over the weekend found what appeared to be a ready-to-detonate bomb at an apartment building in one of Paris's poshest neighbourhoods. Interior Minister Gerard Collomb said one of those arrested was on an intelligence services list of "radicalised"...
UK police arrest third man in London bomb attack probe (Update) Britain

UK police arrest third man in London bomb attack probe (Update)

September 20th, 20171787 British police arrested three men in south Wales over last week's bombing of a busy commuter train in west London, meaning five people are now being questioned by detectives over the attack which injured 30 people. A 25-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday evening in Newport, while two others, aged 48 and 30, were detained at another...
Turkey seeks to cool Germany row, Berlin reviews arms requests (Update) Turkey

Turkey seeks to cool Germany row, Berlin reviews arms requests (Update)

July 21st, 20173857 Turkey's economy minister sought to calm rising tensions with Germany on Friday as Berlin said it was reviewing all applications for arms projects from Ankara. Tensions between the NATO allies have escalated since Turkey arrested six human rights activists including German national Peter Steudtner on accusations of terrorism; but...
Turkey is 'acting like former Communist East Germany' Turkey

Turkey is 'acting like former Communist East Germany'

July 21st, 20172534 Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble was quoted on Friday as comparing Turkey with the former communist East German state and saying Berlin might have to tell Germans travelling there that they did so at their own peril. Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel told Germans on Thursday to exercise caution if travelling to Turkey and threatened...
Germany: EU aid to Turkey could be halted over arrests (Update) Turkey

Germany: EU aid to Turkey could be halted over arrests (Update)

July 19th, 20172422 Germany raised the possibility on Wednesday of suspending European Union aid payments to Turkey after summoning Ankara's ambassador to Berlin to protest over the arrest of six human rights activists including a German citizen. The moves mark a further escalation of tensions between NATO allies Germany and Turkey, who are at...
Turkey detains 115 more people in post-coup crackdown - Anadolu Turkey

Turkey detains 115 more people in post-coup crackdown - Anadolu

July 17th, 20171979 Turkish authorities have ordered the detention of 127 people on suspicion of links to the attempted military coup a year ago, the state-run Anadolu news agency said. In a report late on Sunday, Anadolu said 115 of the suspects including businessmen, midwives and journalists had so far been detained in operations in the northwestern...
Iran makes more arrests after Tehran attacks World

Iran makes more arrests after Tehran attacks

June 11th, 20172140 Iran has arrested almost 50 people in connection with a twin attack on Tehran that killed 17 people last week, officials said, as security forces stepped up efforts to crack down on suspected militants. Islamic State claimed responsibility for the suicide bombings and gun attacks on parliament and the mausoleum of the Islamic...
Police arrest two for Cablenet attack (Updated) Cyprus

Police arrest two for Cablenet attack (Updated)

May 18th, 20172383 Police said on Thursday they arrested a 19-year-old and his mother, 54, in connection with an attack on the networks of internet and telephony provider Cablenet, which disrupted service for days. The pair were brought before a court later in the day and where remanded in custody – eight days for the 19-year-old and two for the...
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