ATHENS: Greek police have arrested a Vietnamese woman wanted for smuggling nearly 300kg (660 pounds) of gold bars by hiding them under vehicles used to shuttle ice across the Vietnam-Cambodia border, police officials said on Wednesday (Oct 30). An Interpol Red Notice was issued on behalf of Vietnam last year for the 64-year-old woman, who had...
BANGKOK (The Nation Thailand/ANN): Thailand's Crime Suppression Division (CSD) officers finally tracked down and arrested a British fugitive who had been hiding in Thailand over the past two years pretending to be a boxer. CSD chief Pol Maj-General Montree Theskhan said on Tuesday that Ben Ransom, 28, was tracked down to a restaurant in Phuket’s Muang...
PETALING JAYA: The suspected conman who is currently wanted by the police has been linked to nearly RM400,000 in losses here. Petaling Jaya OCPD Asst Comm Shahrulnizam Jaa'far, in a statement Thursday (May 2), said that the suspect, identified as 28-year-old Lau Kah Wing, would target senior citizens. "His modus operandi includes offering 'government aid' to victims....
LONDON: An 80-year-old man has been arrested at an airport after 27 years on the run, reported PA Media/dpa quoting British police. Richard Burrows (pic), who is accused of historic sexual abuse of children, was arrested at Heathrow on Thursday (March 28) after returning to the UK from Thailand, a spokesman for Cheshire Police said. The force...
PETALING JAYA: A man and his female passenger have been arrested after leading police on a 50km high-speed car chase from here to Cyberjaya. Petaling Jaya OCPD Asst Comm Mohamad Fakhrudin Abdul Hamid said the suspects’ car was first spotted along Jalan Utara in Petaling Jaya and a police patrol car attempted to stop it at...
