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UK police given more time to question seven men involved in tanker incident

UK police given more time to question seven men involved in tanker incident

BRITISH police were granted more time to question seven men arrested after hostile stowaways aboard an oil tanker in the English Channel prompted special forces to storm the vessel on Sunday. "Officers have been granted more time by Southampton Magistrates Court to question seven men as we continue to lead the investigation into the maritime security incident onboard the Nave Andromeda off the coast of the Isle of Wight on Sunday 25 October," police said in a statement. The seven men, who are all Nigerian nationals, were arrested on suspicion of seizing or exercising control of a ship by use…
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British police raid drug gangs as COVID-19 fuels child trafficking fears

British police raid drug gangs as COVID-19 fuels child trafficking fears

KIERAN GUILBERT MORE than 1,000 people were arrested and dozens of suspected victims of modern slavery identified in a crackdown on the drug trade in Britain, police said, as concerns grow about a rise in child trafficking during the coronavirus pandemic. Police said 69 possible trafficking victims were referred to government bodies for support following a series of raids this month to disrupt the so-called County Lines drug trade, by which criminal gangs move drugs from cities into rural areas. The operation was the biggest of its kind to-date and led to the seizure of more than 1 million pounds…
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