Polish border guards arrested an Azerbaijani citizen wanted under an Interpol Red Notice. He is sought over fraud that caused another person to lose property of significant value.
Nearly 660,000 cigarettes brought from Belarus to Poland by weather balloons were seized in the Warmian-Masurian region. Four Lithuanian citizens and one Belarusian citizen were detained and remanded in custody.
Customs officers found €74,160 in the hand luggage and suitcase of a passenger leaving Germany. The cash was seized and a criminal investigation was opened.
Authorities burned 607 kg of drugs seized in different parts of Afghanistan’s Panjshir province. The destruction took place in the presence of local Islamic Emirate officials.
German customs officers found 37 live venomous snakes and 55 lizards in a Mexican passenger’s suitcase at Cologne/Bonn Airport. Some of the animals died during transport.
Azerbaijan’s Prosecutor General’s Office says investigators have solved the murder of a woman in Baku in 2001. The suspect had previously been convicted of intentional murder.
Benjamin Moya, 38, was sentenced to life imprisonment in South Africa for murdering his girlfriend. He pleaded guilty and was declared unfit to possess a firearm.
New Zealand police have moved the search for missing 47-year-old Erika Rodrigues Coelho near Queenstown to a recovery phase. Two specialist search dog teams have joined the effort.
A 46-year-old Perth man has been charged with allegedly recording a woman secretly and possessing and transmitting child abuse material. He was granted bail and was due back in court on 16 October.
Azerbaijan’s State Border Service says it stopped an attempt to smuggle drugs from Iran. Officers found 6 kg and 485 g of drugs during operations on October 18.
Kazakhstan’s Agency for Financial Monitoring says it stopped a scheme that defrauded borrowers seeking microloans from Express Zaim. The scheme operated in 18 regions.
Azerbaijan’s Prosecutor General’s Office has opened a criminal case over online materials calling for a violent seizure of power, a change to the constitutional order and religious hostility. Turkish citizen Celal Çiftçi is among those named in the investigation.
Ofentse Kotsedi, 36, was sentenced to 28 years in prison in South Africa for murdering his girlfriend. The court also barred him from possessing a firearm and ordered that her family be consulted on any future parole consideration.
Scammers send messages asking people to vote for a participant in an alleged children’s contest and attach a link. Police have warned about the scheme spreading through messaging apps.
The Thirlwall Inquiry has published its report and recommendations on events at Countess of Chester Hospital. It was established after former neonatal nurse Lucy Letby was convicted of murdering and attempting to murder babies at the hospital.
New Zealand Police seized five illegal firearms, ammunition, methamphetamine and a stolen generator in searches in Ruatoria and Tokomaru Bay. A 32-year-old man was arrested and charged.
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