Author: Darren Smith

From a French mayor forced into police protection to a Belgian port overrun by cartel corruption and a record-breaking cocaine submarine seized off Portugal, Europe is grappling with an escalating wave of organised crime violence as drug gangs tighten their grip across the continent. Drug cartels are increasingly terrorising communities across Europe, threatening public officials, infiltrating major ports and fuelling levels of violence rarely seen on the continent before. In France, the mayor of Alès was placed under police protection this week after intelligence suggested an imminent attack by the country’s dominant drug gang. In Belgium, legally grown Canadian cannabis…

Bodycam footage has captured the moment a West Mercia Police officer launched himself over a parked patrol car to tackle a shirtless suspect who tried to flee arrest outside a Sainsbury’s in Malvern, Worcestershire. Bodycam footage has emerged showing the dramatic moment a police officer flew through the air to rugby tackle a fleeing suspect after he attempted to escape by vaulting over a parked patrol car. West Mercia Police were called to a Sainsbury’s supermarket in Malvern, Worcestershire, earlier this week following reports of a man behaving aggressively in public. The footage shows the man being told he was…

Police have arrested a 28-year-old man after a teenage girl was allegedly sexually assaulted in the kitchen aisle of an Asda store in Wakefield, with a female shopper said to have intervened and confronted him during the incident. A man has been arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting a teenage girl inside an Asda supermarket in Wakefield. West Yorkshire Police said officers were called to the store on Asdale Road at around 3.45pm on Thursday following reports of an assault in the kitchen aisle. A 28-year-old man was arrested at the scene on suspicion of sexual assault, and was also…

A woman in her 20s has been charged in connection with a fully assembled dissident republican bomb intercepted by Gardaí near the Irish border, with the device described by Garda Commissioner Justin Kelly as one of the most sophisticated seized in recent years. A woman has appeared in court after being charged in connection with a suspected dissident republican bomb seized by Gardaí near the Irish border on Friday. The accused, in her 20s, was driving the car in which the device was found when it was intercepted. She is due to appear before a special sitting of Trim District…

Former boxing world champion Adrien Broner discovered he was being sued for sexual battery while broadcasting live online, after a woman identified as Havana Saint filed a civil complaint alleging a series of incidents in California last month. Former boxing world champion Adrien Broner found out he was being sued for sexual battery while livestreaming, after footage of the moment spread across social media. Broner, alongside fellow boxer and streamer Deen the Great, real name Nurideen Shahid Shabazz, learned of the lawsuit in real time after being directed to a TMZ report, which first revealed the case. The lawsuit, filed…

Disney World has faced backlash online after a theme park guest photographed a duct-taped prop in the queue for Tiana’s Bayou Adventure, sparking criticism that the repair breaks the immersive 1920s setting the attraction is designed to recreate. Disney World has come under criticism after a visitor noticed one of the props in the queue for Tiana’s Bayou Adventure was being held together with duct tape. X user @CoasterK24 shared a photo earlier this week showing a fake car in the queue area covered in large, clearly visible strips of adhesive tape, arguing the repair undermined the ride’s carefully designed…

Residents of Shoeburyness in Southend have been closing their windows each evening to escape a persistent “rotten egg” smell, which the council and local experts believe is being caused by decaying seaweed on exposed mudflats during the recent heatwave. Residents in a UK seaside town have been forced to shut their windows because of a foul odour likened to rotten eggs, which has been lingering in the air over recent evenings. People living in Shoeburyness, part of the city of Southend, Essex, have reported the smell particularly along the seafront, prompting speculation over its cause. Southend-on-Sea City Council has said…

Como are preparing to hold fresh talks with Chelsea over an improved bid for centre-back Trevoh Chalobah, as the Italian club managed by Cesc Fabregas looks to move closer to Chelsea’s £35 million valuation of the England international. Como are expected to sit down with Chelsea on Saturday to discuss an improved offer for defender Trevoh Chalobah, as they look to close the gap on the Premier League club’s valuation of the player. The Italian side, managed by former Chelsea midfielder Cesc Fabregas, have so far proposed £25 million for the 27-year-old, having already been rejected twice, while Chelsea are…

Bernadin Dedic, who raped a woman at knifepoint in Ealing, has been sentenced to 18 years in prison in his absence after fleeing to Bosnia when he was mistakenly released from HMP Wormwood Scrubs due to a court administration error. A rapist who attacked a woman at knifepoint in Ealing has been jailed for 18 years in his absence, after fleeing the country when he was accidentally freed from prison. Bernadin Dedic, 48, lured the victim to a basement in West London and raped her multiple times before he was remanded in custody last year. However, he was mistakenly released…

A police raid at A Community Funeral Home in Houston uncovered a Home Depot bucket filled with human organs alongside 48 boxes of unclaimed cremated remains, an investigation that has now led to the arrest of the home’s director, Unique Green, on theft and forgery charges. Police carrying out a raid on a Houston funeral home discovered a Home Depot bucket filled with human organs, according to reports, in an investigation that has now led to the arrest of the business’s director. The search took place at A Community Funeral Home in Houston’s Third Ward in November, while a funeral…