Post Office workers caught a whiff of something suspicious coming from a parcel which they discovered was packed with cannabis. The smelly substance was detected by staff at the Swadlincote branch of the Post Office, near Ashby, earlier this week when sorting through packages for delivery. The parcel, which had …
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A Royal Mail worker who was seen taking photos up a schoolgirl’s skirt in a supermarket was handed a community order. Benjamin Harrison, 39, was spotted by staff at the Co-op store in Poynton leaning over and putting his phone near the child. After checking CCTV footage, they saw him …
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Britain is now the biggest market place in Europe for secret online cocaine dealing, chilling new figures reveal. The country also accounts for a THIRD of the £733million worth of the drug sold each year worldwide on the dark web. And the National Crime Agency estimates a huge chunk of …
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A young mum was alarmed when her little boy found a knife seemingly dumped or even hidden in Cheltenham town centre. The 27-year-old was walking with her six-year-old son at the lower end of the High Street when the boy went behind one of the trees in Poole way. The …
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North East Division Crime Reduction Officer PC Mark Irvine has called on locals to be aware of another scam which has been detected in the area. He warned: “As part of the scam, criminals are pretending to be the Royal Mail and telling innocent individuals that there is a parcel …
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A senior police officer who used hidden spy cameras to film dozens of naked women has been jailed for three years. Married father-of-two Neil Corbel posed as an airline pilot called ‘Harrison’ to book models for photoshoots in London, Brighton and Manchester. The victims were lured to hotel rooms, flats …
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A court has heard how a gang of armed thugs terrorised a mum and her four-year-old son by threatening to spray them with acid during a seven-hour raid on their home. Two thugs, one in a Royal Mail uniform and one armed with a hammer, knocked on the front door …
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A gang of armed thugs threatened to spray acid at a mum and her four-year-old son during a terrifying seven-hour raid on their home, a court heard. The woman opened her front-door to be confronted by two gang members – one in Royal Mail uniform – who were armed with …
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A Co Down teenager accused of using the postal service in a bid to distribute ecstasy on a worldwide scale must remain in custody, a High Court judge ruled today. Shawn Atkinson was refused bail amid claims of sending illicit packages to destinations in Asia and Australia. Prosecutors said the …
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A 50-year-old menace has been given a 12 week jail sentence, suspended, for ignoring a court order made after his spree of thefts and abuse. James Paul Wesley Pearson, of no fixed abode, appeared at Truro Magistrates’ Court recently after breaching a Criminal Behaviour Order on January 5, 2022. The …
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