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DUBAI - At least 1.5 million pills worth nearly $4 million were seized between January and October in a crackdown on illegal drug supply in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), WAM news agency reported. Major General Abdul Al Jalil Mahdi Al Asmawi, director of anti-narcotics section of Dubai Police, Friday said the pills are smuggled into [...]

US tourist dies ‘car surfing’ in Puerto Rico SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Police say a U.S. tourist who was pretending to be surfing on the hood of a friend’s moving car was killed when he fell and broke his neck in a popular Puerto Rican beach town. Police spokeswoman Yolanda Hernandez says 29-year-old Long Beach, New [...]

Man sought in police killing in serious condition SEATTLE — A man sought by police in the Halloween killing of a Seattle police officer is in serious condition after being shot by detectives investigating the case. Harborview Medical Center spokeswoman Susan Gregg-Hanson says Saturday morning the man in is an intensive care unit following surgery Friday night. [...]

CHANDIGARH - Eight people, including four women, were booked for taking a loan of Rs.2.5 crore (Rs.25 million) from a bank by providing fake documents, police said Saturday. We have received a complaint against eight persons, all residents of Mohali, from the manager of Kotak Mohindra Bank in Sector-9. Police have registered a case and started [...]