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Officers arrest Derek Poirier, 40, on Sunday at his Winter Street house. A day later, police searched the house again and arrested another three suspects.

Tripoli, October 09, 2021 (LANA) - The Ministry of Interior of the National Unity Government celebrated this evening, Saturday, the 57th anniversary of the Libyan Police Day, which falls on the eighth of October each year.The celebrations, which were held in Martyrs Square in the capital, Tripoli, were attended by the Vice Presidential Council, Musa Al-Koni, Abdullah Al-Lafi, the Head of the Gover

Connellsville police said a 72-year-old North Irwin man will face “a number” of criminal charges in connection with a police pursuit and crash in the city Tuesday evening.

A Government Employees Pension Fund employee is allegedly holding people hostage at a building on Anton Lembede Street in the Durban city centre. 



Our endeavors to root out the drug trade in the Western Cape landed a 23-year-old suspect behind bars late last night. Members of the Provincial Integrated Team conducted a search operation at an address in Mawson Road Maitland and found the suspect in possession of an assortment of drugs valued at around R25000-00 and cash believed to be the proceeds of his drug trade. Once charged, the suspect is expected to make his court appearance in Cape Town. Meanwhile in an unrelated police intervention...

But theres another bomb squad truck has arrived, an explosives unit. >> and when did that bomb squad get there? >> pardon me? >> when did the bomb squad arrive? >> the bomb squad i saw arrive, just before the press conference started and they havent left the scene yet. theyre still being held at the staging area. its probably not safe there for everybody going in at this point. but it does sound like theres going to be hours before this scene is rendered safe. from not just a gunman, but potenti...

Formerly with the fbi explosives unit. they know seven or more pipe bombs and other explosives scattered on the street. what can we learn from the unexploded pipe bombs and explosive devices left behind by these guys? >> all kinds of things, mike. first of all, the component parts, where they were purchased can be run down. the pipes -- the pipe bombs themselves, the interior, may have hairs or fibers that are identifiable with either these suspects or other suspects. theres a great deal of info...

Formerly with the fbi explosives unit. they know seven or more pipe bombs and other explosives scattered on the street. what can we learn from the unexploded pipe bombs and explosive devices left behind by these guys? >> all kinds of things, mike. first of all, the component parts, where they were purchased can be run down. the pipes -- the pipe bombs themselves, the interior, may have hairs or fibers that are identifiable with either these suspects or other suspects. theres a great deal of info...

Joining me is rick hawn, formerly with the fbi explosives unit. they know seven or more pipe bombs and other explosives scattered on the street. what can we learn from the unexploded pipe bombs and explosive devices left behind by these guys? >> all kinds of things, mike. first of all, the component parts, where they were purchased can be run down. the pipes -- the pipe bombs themselves, the interior, may have hairs or fibers that are identifiable with either these suspects or other suspects. th...

Explosives and armament. again, we go back to the idea, we cant make the connection between the vehicle that i thought was the command unit is the bomb squad unit, pulling in front of me. we saw the bomb squad robot, here on the scene, further confirmation that the you have the heavy armaments, heavy explosives on the scene and the police are trying to figure out a way to deal with t. we cannot make the connection that this is somehow related to the boston marathon bombings. but everything is ab...