Four more people, including an official of the DGCA or the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, have been arrested by the Delhi Police in connection with the 'fake flying licence' scam.

The arrested DGCA official has been identified as Pradeep Kumar, who was the Assistant Director in charge of licensing till January. This is the first time that an official of the aviation regulator has been arrested in the scam. Other arrests include a pilot and two touts.With the fresh arrests, a total of 10 people have been taken into custody in connection with the racket.The DGCA had recently grounded 14 pilots who had obtained their commercial licences by submitting fake records and documen...

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Jakarta Police are saying a police officer caught doing drugs with Soeharto’s great granddaughter is a drug addict.

The Jakarta Police are saying a police officer caught doing drugs with Soeharto’s great granddaughter is a drug addict. The police caught the officer with the rank of adj. sr. comr. using crystal methamphetamine (shabu-shabu) together with Putri Ariyanti Haryowibo at a South Jakarta hotel last week. The police also found 30 grams of crystal meth and 500 ecstasy pills. “[The officer] and Putri are both only drug users at this point,” Jakarta Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Baharudin Djafar said Friday.He said that the police had not found any evidence that the arrested officer was part of a drug syndicate. The officer’s ethics trial will be put on hold until the investigation into the case is complete.“We are still in the process of investigating whether [the officer] was just a user or a dealer,”...

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India is reviewing the licenses of all of the more than 4,000 pilots working there for "irregularities,"

India is reviewing the licenses of all of the more than 4,000 pilots working there for "irregularities," a move that comes amid charges that more than a dozen pilots used falsified credentials for their jobs, the BBC reports.The story, which traces back to a January flight incident, has been dramatically unfolding in recent weeks. The latest development came this morning when Indian aviation authorities revoked "the licenses of 15 commercial pilots for exaggerating their flying time during training," The Associated Press reports.AP adds "police have arrested four pilots with fake aviation licenses in the past two weeks, leading to concerns about unqualified pilots endangering the lives of thousands of travelers. Opposition lawmakers have accused the government of failing to prevent corruption...

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strong earthquake that toppled homes in north eastern Burma has killed over 70 people

strong earthquake that toppled homes in north eastern Burma has killed over 70 people, and there were fears today the toll would mount as conditions in more remote areas became known.Last night's quake, measured at a magnitude 6.8 by the US Geological Survey, was centred just north of the town Tachileik in the mountains along the Thai border, but was felt hundreds of miles away in the Thai capital Bangkok and Vietnamese capital Hanoi.Burmese state radio later put the death toll at 74 people with at least 111 injured and officials are concerned that the damage could be even worse in rural are...

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SIX people have been arrested and firearms seized as police from the Asian Crime Squad raided a number of clandestine drug laboratories.

Officers also uncovered three clandestine drug laboratories and seized cash, ammunition and heroin. Asian Crime Squad detectives with assistance from the Professional Standards Command, Tactical Operations Unit, Public Order Riot Squad and South West Region Enforcement Squad executed nine simultaneous search warrants at various locations across Sydney today. Six men aged in their 20s and 30s were arrested.One of them, aged 21, is believed to be an associate of the Rebels Outlaw Motorcycle Gang. Charges are expected to be laid against all the men. A .38 calibre revolver, a replica pistol, an air rifle, a large quantity of ammunition, small quantities of methamphetamine, heroin and cannabis, fake credit cards and a sum of cash were also seized during the operati...

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VILLAWOOD man was charged with drug and firearms offences during an Asian Crime Squad operation targeting trafficking of drugs and weapons

VILLAWOOD man was charged with drug and firearms offences during an Asian Crime Squad operation targeting trafficking of drugs and weapons last Tuesday.The 28-year-old man was taken to Fairfield police station and charged with supplying an indictable quantity of a prohibited drug, possessing a prohibited drug, selling prohibited firearms and participating in a criminal group.He was refused bail and faced court last Tuesday, where he was again refused bail and ordered to re-appear in court on March ...

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two major Asian organised crime groups specialising in gambling fraud are behind the current match-fixing investigation

According to YLE's sources, two major Asian organised crime groups specialising in gambling fraud are behind the current match-fixing investigation, and the Singaporean man arrested in February could be working for them. He is wanted for several crimes, including gambling crimes.Finnish FA General Secretary Kimmo J. Lipponen says that the investigation is a global affair."The actors are very international and operate in several different countries, as far as we know outside Europe in Africa and Asia as well as South America," said Lipponen. "The police—both the National Bureau of Investigation in Finland and Interpol on a global level—are trying to clarify what exactly is involved."The investigation has stigmatised Veikkausliiga’s operations, according to League CEO Timo Marjamaa. He believes...

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