Tip-off foiled US teen suspect's plot to attack Hindu temple, police say
The alleged plot only failed because the 19-year-old suspect's gun jammed outside the place of worship, say police.
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The alleged plot only failed because the 19-year-old suspect's gun jammed outside the place of worship, say police.
A private jet hired from Malaysia – seemingly destined for the Philippines – but stopped on the tarmac by Laos’ drug police who found suitcases stuffed with 512kg of crystal methamphetamine, has returned the spotlight to the unrelenting flow of narcotics from the Mekong’s drug laboratories. Cyberscams have dominated headlines and authorities’ attention across Southeast Asia for over a year as the leading criminal enterprise worth tens of billions of dollars annually. But methamphetamine – in its...
Prosecutors say three alleged members of a gang called Los Mexicanos set a Lima minivan alight with its driver inside; a judge ordered them held. The post Peru Holds 3 in Lima Extortion Killing appeared first on The Rio Times.
Courts in China have sentenced three key figures of a notorious Myanmar crime syndicate to death for operating large-scale cross-border telecoms fraud networks and causing the deaths of four Chinese nationals. The Quanzhou Intermediate People’s Court and the Nanan City People’s Court in southeastern Fujian province handed down the rulings against syndicate head Wei Huairen, his nephew Chen Dawei and accomplice Liao Jingfang on Tuesday, following a trial held in May, state broadcaster CCTV...
Guatemala's High-Risk Court A sentenced Kevin Castellanos to 79 years over the January killing of two police officers, with a terrorism count tied to Barrio 18. The post Guatemala Gives Barrio 18 Man 79 Years in Terror Case appeared first on The Rio Times.
Troops seized 48 drones in Sinaloa, six landmines and dozens of homemade bombs near Mazatlán, in a state the US tells Americans not to visit. The post Mexico Seizes 48 Drones in Sinaloa Cartel Heartland appeared first on The Rio Times.
The accused, Badusha, a native of Kottappoyil in Perumacheri, was arrested after Excise officials recovered 462 grams of suspected MDMA from a shop.
Algerian authorities said on Sunday that they had arrested 61 Moroccan nationals earlier this month on suspicion of planning "acts of sabotage". The General Directorate of National Security referred to "an international Moroccan criminal network" but did not provide details of the alleged plots.
Man spreads flammable liquid in a room with 13 children while holding a lighter as police try to negotiate.
Attorney General says suspect admitted he acted alone after preparing psychologically and physically for the attack.
President Donald Trump approved a firing-squad execution on Monday for Nidal Hasan, the US Army psychiatrist convicted of killing 13 people at Fort Hood in 2009. Hasan's execution will be the first carried out by the US military since 1961, with the date and location yet to be set by the Army.
The murder of 39-year-old Anna Yagi is the latest in a string of crimes involving US personnel on Okinawa.
Naha, Okinawa Pref., Oct. 5 (Jiji Press)--A woman found dead in a hotel room in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, had marks on her neck suggesting she was strangled with a cord-like object, people familiar with the investigation said Monday. U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Devin Jacob Ballard, 20, who was arrested by the Okinawa prefectural police on Sunday on suspicion of robbery and murder...
Naha, Okinawa Pref., Oct. 5 (Jiji Press)--About 100 people gathered near the Okinawa prefectural government building Sunday, in protest after a U.S. Marine was arrested in a murder-robbery case in the southernmost Japan prefecture. Many participants voiced anger at the case and many other crimes committed by those linked to U.S. military bases in Okinawa, with one of them saying, "How much ...
US guns made up 204 of 279 crime firearms Trinidad and Tobago police sent for US tracing in 2025, up from 52% in 2020, even as homicides edged lower. The post Trinidad and Tobago: Nearly Three in Four Traced Crime Guns Came Through the US appeared first on The Rio Times.
Naha, Okinawa Pref., Oct. 4 (Jiji Press)--Okinawa Prefectural Police on Sunday arrested a U.S. Marine for allegedly killing a 39-year-old woman in a hotel room in Naha, the capital of the southernmost Japan prefecture, and stealing her belongings. The 20-year-old serviceman, Devin Jacob Ballard, who is stationed at the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma air base in Ginowan, Okinawa, has denied the ...
A 77-year-old couple gunned down their son-in-law in a California city park over the weekend, authorities said, and court documents showed the victim had been in a bitter custody dispute with their daughter. Jonathan McKinsey, a 40-year-old gaming engineer for The New York Times, was shot to death Saturday afternoon in the car park of a sports complex in Dublin, east of San Francisco. A police sergeant was driving nearby and saw him on the ground as witnesses began calling 911 and pointing out...
Três pessoas morreram na operação policial realizada nesta segunda-feira (28) nas comunidades do Timbau e Baixa do Sapateiro, no Conjunto de Favelas da Maré, na zona norte do Rio de Janeiro. O balanço foi divulgado no início da tarde pela Secretaria de Estado de Polícia Militar do Rio de Janeiro. De acordo com o órgão, os três mortos eram considerados suspeitos. Os policiais apreenderam 12 fuzis, oito pistolas, além de granadas, munições e carregadores. Além disso, os agentes recuperaram seis veículos e apreenderam 83 quilos de drogas. Feridos Notícias relacionadas:Rio: operação policial na Maré deixa um morto e 10 feridos .Polícia Civil faz operação contra facção criminosa em quatro estados.De acordo com a secretaria, entre os 12 criminosos presos, 11 ficaram feridos e foram socorridos no Hospital Federal de Bonsucesso. Um policial militar também foi ferido no braço durante a ação. Dois adolescentes também feridos foram transferidos para o Hospital Estadual Getúlio Vargas, na Penha. Um deles já foi liberado e o outro permanece internado. A operação, que começou nas primeiras horas da manhã, reúne cerca de 200 policiais militares de unidades especializadas, entre elas o Batalhão de Operações Policiais Especiais (BOPE), o Batalhão Tático de Motociclistas (BTM), o Batalhão de Polícia de Choque (BPChq) e o Batalhão de Ações com Cães (BAC). Além disso, conta com o emprego de Grupamento Aeromóvel (GAM) da Polícia Militar, e de sete veículos blindados. Segundo o órgão, criminosos ligados à facção que atua no Conjunto de Favelas da Maré fizeram uma série de ações na Linha Vermelha e na Rodovia Washington Luiz, vias de grande circulação e mais distantes do local da operação. Os atos seriam uma "retaliação" à apreensão das armas e prisões na operação e teriam o objetivo de desviar a atenção da polícia. “Em uma rápida mobilização, policiais militares atuaram nos locais e liberaram as vias, empregando equipes do 15º BPM (Duque de Caxias) e do Batalhão de Policiamento em Vias Expressas (BPVE). O policiamento permanece reforçado na região”, informou em nota.
Eight gunmen armed with assault rifles killed 17 people and wounded 15 others at a bar west of Johannesburg, police said on Sunday, in the latest mass shooting in the crime-weary country
A Croatian court has approved the extradition of a Ukrainian man who is wanted in Germany in connection with the 2022 undersea explosions that damaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines, state media said on Thursday. The report from HRT Television quoted the suspect’s lawyer Ljubo Pavaskovic as saying that he will appeal the September 18 ruling. It was not immediately clear when the man could be handed over to Germany. He was arrested on a European warrant in the northern Croatian town of Pula in...
Three shooters killed at least 11 people, including a woman who was believed to be pregnant, in an attack at a house party in South Africa, police said Wednesday.