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Far from defending the police and justice system, the Tories have ruinously defunded them The former Leckhampton police station in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, one of around 600 that have been sold off. Photograph: Sam Frost The former Leckhampton police station in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, one of around 600 that have been sold off. Photograph: Sam Frost Sat 10 Apr 2021 14.00 EDT Defund the police was a provocative slogan for the US radical left and the settled policy of Britain’s ruling right. You should switch off politicians and commentators who talk about building a safer country, if...

Mass shootings surge in New York as nation faces record high Marco della Cava and Mike Stucka USA TODAY NETWORK Mass shootings in New York increased to 38 in 2020 from nine the year before, while nationally mass shootings jumped nearly 50% during a pandemic with crippling unemployment, violent protests and idle youth. In 2020, New York reported 38 mass shootings that killed 20 and injured 175. A year earlier, the state had nine mass shootings that killed seven and injured 43. Among New York's deadliest shootings last year was one Jan. 26 in Newburgh that killed three and injured one. The stat...

Crime by Erin Lyons   Three men have been arrested after border force officials found ice and cocaine hidden inside lollipops and lollies that arrived from the United States. Border force intercepted three packages in November before notifying police who launched an investigation alongside the Department of Home Affairs and US law enforcement. Almost 6kg of methylamphetamine (ice) and 655 grams of cocaine, with an estimated street value of $3.5m, were found across 16 packages seized since November last year. Border force officials have seized 16 pack...

Three men have been arrested over their alleged involvement in the importation of meth and cocaine concealed in lollipops and other lollies from the US. In November last year, the Australian Border Force intercepted three packages that arrived in Sydney from the US containing the drugs. Officers established Strike Force Arced to investigate the importation and subsequently found a further 16 parcels containing drugs over the course of five months. READ MORE: Meth disguised as lollipops that was sent to Sydney from the US. (NSW Police) The parcels – containing 5.8kg of methylamphetamine p...

Australian Border Force officials have swooped on several packages of lollipops and lollies, and what they found inside was shocking.