arrested

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They were ordered to surrender their passes and were informed that if they tried to reenter the hall they would be arrested for trespassing.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

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

Within two weeks of the attack they had arrested the two men who have now been convicted.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

He was arrested the following morning in room 207.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

She was the one who’d been arrested and nearly shot just because she’d got stuck on the German side of the front lines.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein