Youth arrested for trying to board plane with Tallinja bus card

Jun 7 2022

A teen was kept under arrest for, among other things, evading airport security and attempting to board a plane using a Tallinja bus card.

The youth, a 22-year-old Somali in search of asylum, was taken to court accused of entering a restricted zone in the airport without authorisation, escaping police custody, causing damage to airport property and disobeying police orders.

Early Sunday morning, the accused was taken into police custody for attempting to board the plane with his Tallinja card.

Police handcuffed him to a bench to await other officials to transport him to police headquarters, but the youth suddenly got up and dragged the bench with him, causing the airport damage.

The youth allegedly also gave the police false information and did not cooperate when facing arrest. He has plead not guilty for the accusations charged and is currently still in custody.

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WATCH: 4 policemen injured during arrest of Serbian who had been on the run for 4 months

Jun 7 2022

A 33-year-old Serbian was arrested on Sunday at a swimming establishment located in Gzira. The Serbian had been wanted by the police for 4 months, after being involved in a fight with a 29-year-old Marsaskala resident on the 17th of February.

The police stated that, yesterday, they were notified that the Serbian was seen at an establishment in Gzira. As RIU officers arrived at the location to arrest the wanted man, the Serbian tried to escape and was being very violent, injuring 4 policemen in the process. The officers needed medical attention after the incident.

The whole arrest lasted a couple of minutes, with police struggling to get a hold of the man who was described as very strong. Back up had to be called and it was only then that the RIU got control of the man. The 33-year-old is now being held under arrest at the Police HQ in Floriana, while the 4 injured policemen are suffering minor injuries.

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54 month jail time for pickpockets part of global crime ring

Jun 7 2022

Three men from Romania, aged 54, 40 and 39 respectively, have been given a 54 month jail sentence as well as a €10,000 fine each for forming part of an international pick-pocketing crime ring.

The men were found guilty of committing various pick-pocketing crimes starting from 2021, mostly on Tallinja buses around all of Malta. The men were also found guilty of money laundering due to the thievery.

The men used to take advantage of packed buses to steal money and wallets from their victims. The police corp managed to stop the criminals through the tactic of Intelligence-Led-Policing.

Through collaboration with police corps and other organisations abroad, such as Europol and Interpol, it was discovered that the pickpockets were committing the crimes in various countries across the globe which attract tourists as of 2010.

The police were tipped off to the return of the pickpockets from Budapest, with the police following them after they arrived and arresting them in a hotel in St Julian’s back in September 2021.

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Pharrell Williams’ own song ‘Happy’ annoys him reveals artist

Jun 6 2022

Released back in 2013 and forming part of the massive movie franchise of Despicable Me, the song ‘Happy’ took the world by storm as it sings about being joyful and full of glee.

However, the singer and songwriter of ‘Happy’ has revealed that his own track annoys him… The song had a massive impact outside the cinema theatre.

Same https://t.co/4d1LtyFlb3

— Pharrell Williams (@Pharrell) June 1, 2022

It had in fact reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and has garnered 998 million views on YouTube. More fame was given to it due to the infectious Minions characters which became a cultural phenomenon.

But the song is also known to infuriate some people as it is the type of track to get stuck in your head for days on end. And one Twitter user revealed that ‘no song annoyed me like Happy by Pharrell did.’ And the singer responded with ‘same.’

Other twitter users even commended Pharrell for his honesty, with the singer recalling how he had handed over the soundtrack over nine times before it ended up as the final version.

And this is quite ironic given that the movie franchise of Despicable Me features a grumpy and evil main character who is far from ‘happy’… Sometimes the world just aligns perfectly.

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