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police raids stories: 9 news summaries

Denver Man in NYC Raids Denies Terror Link

Police swooped over alleged plot after city visit

Sep 16, 09 2:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Colorado man believed to be a central figure in a New York City terror investigation denies he has links to al-Qaeda or any other terrorist group, the New York Times reports. Police raided three apartments in Queens after Najibullah Zazi visited the city last week. Materials were removed for... More »

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New York City • Denver • terror suspects • terror cell • al-Qaeda • police raids • Najibullah Zazi

 DEA Hits Jacko Doc's Office 


Jul 22, 09 12:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - A task force of federal drug-enforcement agents, Los Angeles detectives, and local police raided the Houston offices of Michael Jackson’s personal doctor today, ABC News reports. Sources say a search warrant was obtained based on preliminary autopsy results linking Jackson’s death to an anesthetic used only in hospitals.... More »

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entertainment • DEA • autopsy • doctor • Drug Enforcement Administration • Michael Jackson • cardiologists • police raids • criminal investigation • search warrant • Conrad Murray • cause of death • Propofol

UK's Anti-Terror Chief Quits Over Photo Faux Pas

Learns the hard way not to carry top-secret memos in plain sight

Apr 9, 09 6:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - The crack British counter-terrorism official who was inadvertently photographed carrying a paper with details of raids that snared 12 men linked to al-Qaeda yesterday has stepped down, the Wall Street Journal reports. Bob Quick, who was bringing the document to a meeting at Downing Street, had previously apologized for the... More »

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counterterrorism • Britain • terror suspects • al-Qaeda • police raids

 Iranian Cops Raid 
 Nobel Winner's Office 

Prosecutors claim Shirin Ebadi's organization was acting as political party

Dec 21, 08 1:57 PM CST
(Newser) - Iranian police today raided the office of a human rights group led by Nobel prize-winning activist Shirin Ebadi, Reuters reports. The office was hours away from hosting a Human Rights Day celebration when cops shut it down. "We will protest against it," said Ebadi. "It will not... More »

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Iran • human rights • Nobel Prize • Nobel Peace Prize • police raids • human rights activists

Cops Shoot Mayor's Dogs in Bad Drug Bust

Cops kill Labs 'for sport,' handcuff
mayor in boxers

Aug 8, 08 5:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Maryland mayor is demanding an investigation after police burst into his home and shot his two dogs dead, reports the Baltimore Sun. Cheye Calvo, the mayor of Baltimore suburb Berwyn Heights, and his wife were apparently victims of a smuggling ring that sent packages of marijuana to unsuspecting victims,... More »

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Maryland • police • mayor • dog • police raids • drug traffickers

GLOSSIES

 On the Trail of
 Medical Marijuana 

California's system has plenty of gray areas, New Yorker finds

Jul 21, 08 4:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - California's legalization of medical marijuana helped create a cultivation and distribution network that promises big money for those willing to work in legal gray areas. Guided by an old friend, Blue, who's a dealer in all but name, David Samuels of the New Yorker follows the trail of Tibetan... More »

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California • medical marijuana • Los Angeles • DEA • marijuana • police raids • Humboldt County • cultivation

 Sect Elder Blasts 'Terrorist' Raid 

'It does not require a foreign country to commit terrorist acts on American soil,' letter to Bush reads

May 12, 08 3:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - An elder of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints condemned the raid against a sect compound in Texas last month as a “terrorist act” in a letter to President Bush, CNN reports. Members of the FLDS have complained of the treatment of the families whose... More »

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Texas • polygamy • police raids • George W. Bush • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints • Yearning for Zion ranch • sect

Rapper DMX Arrested on Animal-Cruelty, Drug Charges

Cops take pit bull pups, find cocaine, marijuana, guns at Arizona pad

May 9, 08 5:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Police arrested rapper DMX early this morning on animal-abuse and drug charges, the Arizona Republic reports. Police seized five pit bull puppies, and unknown quantities of marijuana and cocaine from the house northeast of Phoenix. More »

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cocaine • animal cruelty • marijuana • hip-hop • DMX • rapper • rap music • pit bull • police raids

Homes Raided Nationwide in German Tax Fraud Probe

$5B tax dodge crackdown

Feb 19, 08 8:23 AM CST
(Newser) - The fallout from Germany's enormous tax evasion scandal continued yesterday as police began a nationwide raid of the homes and offices of over a hundred people. More than 1,000 rich Germans are suspected of cheating the German treasury out of $5 billion by transferring huge sums to banks and... More »

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taxes • Germany • tax evasion • tax fraud • Liechtenstein • DHL • Deutsche Post • tax dodge • police raids

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