Police have warned drug buyers to give up on their plans to purchase illegal narcotics and then use the postal system to get it delivered to their door. The warning follows yet another large consignment of mail order drugs – mainly cannabis – which was intercepted by the Royal Mail’s …
Read More »The people convicted at Bristol Magistrates’ Court from March 16 to 21
Every week Bristol Live compiles results of cases from Bristol Magistrates’ Court. Publication of such lists are in the spirit of justice being done and seen to be done. It includes the defendants’ addresses, ages, their offences and the outcomes of the hearings. Victims’ names have been omitted. Where someone’s …
Read More »Redbourn: Cannabis factory found and closure order granted at Linden Road property | St Albans and Harpenden News
PUBLISHED: 15:41 13 March 2020 | UPDATED: 15:59 13 March 2020 Oliver Price Cannabis was intercepted by Royal Mail workers and led to a closure order being imposed on a property in Redbourn. Picture: Herts police Archant A Redbourn home being used as a cannabis factory – with plants seven-foot …
Read More »Freida Pinto glows in Indian-influenced gold dress at premiere of Disney’s Mira, Royal Detective
She rose to stardom with her film debut in the Oscar-winning crime drama Slumdog Millionaire in 2008. And on Saturday, Freida Pinto slipped into promo mode when she hit the red carpet for the premiere of Disney Junior’s new animated series Mira, Royal Detective in the Burbank neighborhood of Los Angeles. …
Read More »Life on Oscott Road in Perry Barr – the ‘abandoned’ street near the Commonwealth Village
Fridge-freezers, shopping trolleys and mattresses are littered across Oscott Road in Perry Barr – even the post box is out of order. Perhaps, not what you would expect on a cul-de-sac that directly faces what will be the glamorous multi-million pound Commonwealth Games village. Despite massive regeneration of Perry Barr …
Read More »Dubai’s Sheikh Al Maktoum ordered kidnap, torture of daughters
The ruler of Dubai is today found to have ordered the kidnap and torture of two runaway daughters – including one from the streets of Britain. The High Court said billionaire Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum – a friend of the Queen – had Princess Shamsa abducted from Cambridge …
Read More »Prolific Bradford thief snatched parcels from back of Royal Mail van
A prolific criminal has been jailed for 10 months after he and an accomplice snatched parcels from the back of a Royal Mail van in Bradford . The duo struck last month while the vehicle was parked up in Westgate in Bradford city centre. A court heard that they were …
Read More »Suffolk Trading Standards warning after scam letters target local homes | Latest Ipswich News
PUBLISHED: 17:15 28 February 2020 | UPDATED: 17:15 28 February 2020 Oliver Sullivan Suffolk Trading Standards has warned local households to beware of scam letters being sent out by post Picture: ARCHANT Archant Suffolk Trading Standards has warned households to beware of scam letters being sent to homes in the …
Read More »Hartcliffe man caught importing illegal weapon which originates from the Philippines
A Hartcliffe man appeared in court after ordering an illegal weapon over the internet. Charlie Bevan, of Collinson Road, imported a butterfly knife because he has a “penchant” for weaponry. Butterfly knives, or balisongs, originate from the Philippines. The folding pocketknives conceal their blade when closed. Bevan, 27, appeared in …
Read More »‘Mastermind’ behind fake money racket jailed after evading capture for four years
A counterfeit currency crook who evaded capture for four years has been jailed after his DNA was found at the scene of a Bristol burglary. James Ryan, alias Sam Quilligan, was one of four men stopped by police on the M5 back in October 2015. They were all involved in …
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