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Police have arrested 48 people in south Devon during a large crackdown on organised crime capturing over £197,000 worth of drugs and counterfeit goods. Devon and Cornwall Police said its Proactive Unit (PAU) had seized £143,535 worth of drugs, 39 weapons, £47,155 in cash and £7,000 of suspected counterfeit goods in Teignbridge, South Hams and...

AFP via Getty Images A cockfight in Ecuador. File photo Police in Ecuador say they have arrested four people in connection with an attack by gunmen at a cockfighting ring in which 12 people died. Weapons and replica police and army uniforms were seized during police raids in the north-western Manabí province on Friday –...

BBC Yasin Akgul, a photojournalist for AFP, was arrested at his home It was early morning on 23 March when the police came to Yasin Akgul’s door in Istanbul – while his children were still in bed. Just hours before, the Turkish photojournalist had returned home from covering mass anti-government protests. Now he was a...

Devon and Cornwall Police The new mobile police station has been in various locations around Torquay Public feedback gathered from a mobile police station has led to increased uniformed patrols and arrests in Torquay, Devon and Cornwall Police has said. The force has been running the community initiative in various locations in the town since...