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Police are investigating a number of reports of mobile phones being stolen from the Creamfields festival in Daresbury, with the devices turning up at the same address in Barking, East London. Several individuals who attended the festival have reported that their phones were stolen while they were in the crowd
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Police in the West Coast region have made two arrests as part of a pre-planned operation to shut down a cannabis grow room and recover stolen property. On August 27, police executed two warrants in the Hokitika area and found three firearms, a cannabis grow room, dried cannabis, and stolen
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A scheme to exploit a program receiving federal funds led to the indictment of Kenneth Lawson and Areion Banks, two individuals accused of conspiracy and bribery. According to the indictment, Lawson, who was employed as a Grants Manager at the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office (OPSO), met Banks in
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As London motorist Stratis Alisafakis found out the hard way, thieves have developed a new tactic to target Volkswagen Golf owners. The culprit, caught on camera, yanked off the VW badge from Alisafakis's car, not for the badge itself, but for the sensor behind it. This sensor controls
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The RecuperaFone program, launched by Governor Wilson Lima in September 2024, has proven to be an effective solution for cell phone theft in Amazonas, Brazil. In nine months, the program has identified 2,338 devices and returned 1,900 to their owners. The program's success can be attributed
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An illegal immigrant, Cassin Pascal Man'ombe, accused of stealing from parked cars in Harare, Zimbabwe, has allegedly used a high-tech scrambler to bypass car locks. Man'ombe, a Tanzanian national, is set to return to court today after initially appearing before Harare magistrate Tapiwa Kuhudzai on Monday.
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A fifth and final co-conspirator, Austin Blake Hixon, 36, of Christiansburg, Virginia, was sentenced to 86 months in prison for his role in breaking into a Virginia pawnshop and stealing firearms. The scheme involved Hixon, Malcom Stanton, Ronald Perry, and Justin Cumbee, who were each sentenced to 10 years in
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Police in Nabha have registered a case against Munish Kumar alias 'Pankaj Pappu', the husband of Nabha municipal council president Sujata Chawla, for allegedly stealing 22 trolleys during a farmers' agitation at Shambhu border in Punjab. The case was registered following a complaint filed by Jaswinder Singh
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Residents of Bauchi, a city in Bauchi State, Nigeria, can rest easier knowing that the local police are actively working to reduce crime. Recently, the Bauchi State Police Command arrested five individuals suspected of involvement in motorcycle theft and cannabis trafficking. The arrests were made following actionable intelligence received from
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Bauchi Police Command, led by CSP Mohammed Ahmed Wakil, has made significant strides in combating crime in the state, particularly in the metropolis of Bauchi. In a series of swift and coordinated operations, the Command has arrested several suspects, including five individuals involved in a motorcycle theft ring and three
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Police officers from the Region 5 Technology Crime Suppression Centre in Chiang Mai, Thailand, have arrested a Chinese-led call centre gang along with their Thai cash mules at a well-known shopping centre. The gang was caught in the act of withdrawing stolen money from an ATM, with police seizing 1,
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Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Rahul Gandhi accused the party of orchestrating "systematic vote theft" to manipulate elections and undermine democracy during a public meeting in Madhubani district, Bihar. He cited Union Home Minister Amit Shah's claim that the BJP would rule for 40-50 years as
