Connecticut judge grants probation for 18 men accused in bird-fighting operationSeptember 30th, 2009 18 men in Conn. bird-fighting ring get probationDERBY, Conn.
Woman named as a suspect in 6 New England bank robberies last week is taken into custodySeptember 30th, 2009 Female suspect in 6 bank robberies is arrestedHARTFORD, Conn. — A woman suspected in six bank robberies last week in southern New England has been arrested.
Heroin worth Rs.35 crore seized in PunjabSeptember 25th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Police Friday seized 7.8 kilograms of heroin, worth Rs.35 crore, from two places in Punjab and arrested three people, said the officials. In the first seizure, police of the border district of Gurdaspur, around 250 km from here, seized five kg of heroin and arrested two smugglers.
Four of drug gang held, heroin worth Rs.15 mn seizedSeptember 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Four people from Jharkhand, including a medicine bulk trader, were arrested and heroin worth Rs.15 million was seized, Delhi Police said Friday. According to Delhi Police's special cell, the inter-state gang of drug peddlers supplied heroin from Jharkhand to Delhi.
Alleged check casher for ID theft ring arrested in Fla.; Fed chair's wife among ring's victimsSeptember 1st, 2009 Check casher for ID theft ring arrested in MiamiMIAMI — A woman accused of being the check casher for an identity theft ring that targeted the wife of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is awaiting a court hearing in Miami. Shonya Michelle Young, of Myrtle Beach, S.C., is expected to appear in federal court Tuesday afternoon.
Heroin worth Rs.200 mn seized in PunjabAugust 31st, 2009 AMRITSAR - The Punjab Police arrested five people here Monday and recovered four kilograms of heroin from their possession, officials said. According to a senior official of Punjab Police, the seized contraband is worth Rs.200 million (Rs.20 crore) in the international market.
Conn. police say they nabbed teen robber who wore Speedo-style swimsuit during theftAugust 23rd, 2009 Conn. police arrest Speedo-wearing robbery suspectEAST HARTFORD, Conn. — A burglary suspect wearing only a Speedo-style swimsuit has been arrested in Connecticut after a police dog tracked him down and bit him on the leg.
80 dogs seized in raids linked to illegal fighting seized from 2 southern Indiana sitesAugust 12th, 2009 80 dogs seized in Ind. raids linked to fightingPAOLI, Ind.
Conn. police: Birds seized in alleged fighting ring had sharpened beaks, 1 had metal attachedAugust 7th, 2009 Conn. police: Fighting finches had sharpened beaksNEW HAVEN, Conn. — Some saffron finches seized last month in an alleged Connecticut bird-fighting ring had sharpened beaks, and at least one had a sharp metal object attached to its beak, police said Friday.
Three arrested for killing peacocksAugust 3rd, 2009 LUCKNOW - Three men were arrested Monday in Uttar Pradesh's Shravasti district for killing peacocks and three carcasses of the birds were seized from them, police said. "Mohd. Arman Khan, Chand Mohammad and Azizur Rehman, who had shot the peacocks Sunday, were arrested today (Monday) from the Bantiwa area in Shravasti," police inspector Satyakant Yadav told reporters.
Police seize 150 birds, arrest 19 people in alleged finch-fighting ring in ConnecticutJuly 27th, 2009 Police arrest 19 in Conn. finch-fighting ringNEW HAVEN, Conn.
Italian police arrest 14, seize 150,000 files in major crackdown on online child pornographyJune 20th, 2009 Italian police arrest 14 in child porn crackdownROME — Italian police said Saturday they had arrested 14 people and seized some 150,000 computer files in a major crackdown on online child pornography. Police in Catania, Sicily, also placed 250 people under investigation across the country, describing the crackdown as the biggest such operation in Italy.
2 California men arrested in ring providing bogus driver's licenses in the West and MexicoJune 11th, 2009 2 arrested in massive license counterfeiting ringGREENFIELD, Calif. — Police say two suspected California counterfeiters operated a massive bogus driver's license ring for customers in the West and Mexico.
Three arrested in Noida with one kg of heroinJune 9th, 2009 NOIDA - Police in this suburb of the national capital Tuesday arrested three people for allegedly smuggling and selling drugs and seized nearly one kg of heroin from them. Virendra Kumar, Nawab and Naeem Alam were arrested from Labour Chowk near Khoda under the Sector 58 police station while they were about to deliver the drugs to a client, police said, adding one kg of heroin, valued at Rs.2 crores (Rs.20 million) in the international market, was recovered from them.
17 arrested in Curacao on suspicion of drug trafficking with links to HezbollahApril 29th, 2009 17 arrested in Curacao in alleged drug ringWILLEMSTAD, Curacao — Seventeen people were arrested in Curacao for alleged involvement in a drug trafficking ring with connections to Hezbollah, police in the Dutch Caribbean island said Wednesday. The suspects detained Tuesday include four people from Lebanon and others from Curacao, Cuba, Venezuela and Colombia, police chief Carlos Casseres said at a news conference.
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