arrested

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A suspect has been arrested after two adjacent shelters were raided by the police.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

By the end of the day police had arrested 18 teenagers.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

Duterte was arrested in March last year, flown to the Netherlands on the same day, and is detained in the Hague where he awaits trial.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

The couple were on a round-the-world motorcycle trip when they were arrested on suspicion of espionage in January 2025 – charges they deny.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

In 1937, when Lilya was sixteen, her father, Vladimir Litvyak, was arrested, for crimes he’d supposedly committed against the Communist Party.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein