More than 500 arrested in cannabis operation

Edit Otago Daily Times 23 May 2016
More than 500 people were arrested and over 130,000 cannabis plants were seized and destroyed by police as part of this year's national cannabis and crime operation. During the six-month operation, police also seized and destroyed almost 80kg of dried cannabis ... Police estimates they have prevented in excess of $500 million of socio-economic harm from reaching the community by destroying the cannabis plants....

HRW Letter to General Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan (HRW - Human Rights Watch)

Edit Public Technologies 23 May 2016
(Source ... Jl ... Jakarta 10110 ... Exhumations without forensic experts can destroy critical evidence and greatly complicate the identification of bodies. In places like Kosovo and Iraq, spontaneous and disorganized exhumations greatly complicated victim identifications and destroyed evidence ... We believe that the Indonesian government should seek the assistance of foreign governments and the United Nations to support such investigations ... (noodl....

National Cannabis and Crime Operation nets major haul of cannabis plants (New Zealand Police)

Edit Public Technologies 23 May 2016
Police have seized and destroyed more than 130,000 cannabis plants and almost 80 kilograms of dried cannabis during this year's National Cannabis and Crime Operation. The six month long national operation uses helicopters and fixed wing aircraft, with assistance from the Royal New Zealand Air Force, to spot and destroy cannabis crops during the cannabis growing season ... *Approximately 132,000 cannabis plants destroyed....

700,000 in need: Red Crescent responds to Cyclone Roanu (Australian Red Cross)

Edit Public Technologies 23 May 2016
(Source. Australian Red Cross). Monday May 23, 2016. Red Crescent teams helped families evacuate as Cyclone Roanu made landfall with heavy rains and tidal surges. Photo. Bangladesh Red Crescent ... Some 84,000 homes have been damaged or destroyed and more than 700,000 people affected ... Bangladesh Red Crescent is seeking further support to help families with emergency cash grants and set up mobile water treatment plants ... Please donate now....

Inner Truth: Gandhi on Himself

Edit DNA India 23 May 2016
-->. My writings should be cremated with my body. What I have done will endure, not what I have said and written ... Let Gandhism be destroyed if it stands for error. Truth and ahimsa will never be destroyed, but if Gandhism is another name for sectarianism, it deserves to be destroyed ... We have to work away silently ... ....

Police drug operation nets huge cannabis haul, 572 arrests

Edit NZ Herald 23 May 2016
More than 500 people were arrested and over 130,000 cannabis plants were seized and destroyed by police as part of this year's national cannabis and crime operation.During the six-month operation, police also seized and destroyed... ....

Rare vintage diesel train worth A 100k destroyed in Swindon arson attack

Edit Topix 23 May 2016
Rare vintage diesel train worth A 100,000 destroyed in arson attack at railway station after volunteers spent months refurbishing it A rare diesel train worth A 100,000 has been destroyed following an arson attack at a railway station in Wiltshire Diesel multiple unit 'Thumper' unit was parked up near sheds at the end of the main line when fire ......

Second teen arrested following public order incident in Gymea (NSW Police Force)

Edit Public Technologies 23 May 2016
(Source. NSW Police Force). Latest Media Releases. Second teen arrested following public order incident in Gymea ... Further inquiries led to a 16 year-old male attending Sutherland Police Station where he was arrested and charged with break/enter house and destroy property, malicious damage to property, and enter inclosed lands ... Police are still seeking witnesses and conducting inquiries to identify people involved in this incident ... (noodl....

Israeli prosecutors target group that collects testimony on soldiers' conduct

Edit Stars and Stripes 23 May 2016
Israel's state attorney is seeking a court order to force the group to reveal names of soldiers whose testimonies appear in the Gaza report. In court Sunday, Michael Sfard, a lawyer representing Breaking the Silence, told the judge that the group would be destroyed if it broke its promise to soldiers and provided names....

At 80, shipyard skipper to step back after Zumwalt trials

Edit The Miami Herald 23 May 2016
Captain Earl Walker wasn't about to retire before seeing the Navy's futuristic Zumwalt destroyer safely down the Kennebec River to the Atlantic Ocean ... He said he couldn't imagine retiring before the program was completed ... Over the years, Walker piloted frigates, destroyers, cruisers and container ships built at Bath ... Those days are long gone ... For the Zumwalt, care was required to ensure that the largest destroyer ever built for the U.S....

Indonesia: Protect Mass Graves of 1965-66 Massacres (HRW - Human Rights Watch)

Edit Public Technologies 23 May 2016
Exhumations without forensic experts can destroy critical evidence and greatly complicate the identification of bodies, Human Rights Watch said. In places such as Kosovo and Iraq, spontaneous and disorganized exhumations greatly complicated victim identifications and destroyed evidence....

FWNY 16-08 | Sea service personnel, ships scheduled to get underway Monday in support of Fleet Week New York (Fleet Week New York)

Edit Public Technologies 23 May 2016
(Source. Fleet Week New York) f7240ee7-e7ca-4aae-8960-348893bb2007.pdf Navy Region Mid-Atlantic Public Affairs Office, 1510 Gilbert St., Norfolk VA 23511. Phone ... Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Farragut (DDG 99), from Mayport, Florida. Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Bainbridge (DDG 96), from Norfolk, Virginia ... Iroquois-class destroyer HMCS Athabaskan (D 282), from Canadian Forces Base Halifax ... -30-....

Ringwood's Dakota nightclub destroyed in blaze

Edit Sydney Morning Herald 23 May 2016
An investigation is underway as to whether a blaze that destroyed Ringwood's Dakota Nightclub early on Monday morning was deliberately lit.  . Firefighters are hoping CCTV footage will help them discover the cause of the fire which started at the Maroondah Highway venue about 2.30am. Police have established a crime scene around the nightclub ... Advertisement ... A man at the scene was shocked at seeing the destroyed venue ... ....
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