arrested

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In 2017 a Thai woman called Wanna Suansan was detained on arrival in Bangkok on a warrant linked to the shrine blast -- making her the third named suspect arrested by police.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

The anti-graft watchdog had also separately arrested 23 people, including consultants, contractors and members of the owners' corporation of the complex.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

A U.S. soldier was charged in April over trades he allegedly made around the operation that arrested Venezuela’s former President Nicolás Maduro.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Three men – two aged 18 and one aged 31 – were arrested and charged in connection with various offences in the city during the evening.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

I glanced around my room nervously, although if this room was monitored, the security officers would have arrested me the minute I opened that stupid life-ruining Cocoon last night.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin