Kansas: Goodland police make arrest after finding drugs, explosive device in search of home

The Goodland Police Department reported making an arrest after a search warrant executed at a home in the 200 block of West 11th Street turned up illegal drugs and an improvised explosive device (IED). The explosive prompted further action in Read More …

Montana: Pray man pleads guilty to possession of unregistered explosive devices

A Pray man has pleaded guilty to a federal charge after investigators say they found multiple homemade explosive devices inside a travel trailer in Park County, according to U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme. Kadin Hawkeye Lewis, 24, pleaded guilty Wednesday to Read More …

Mexico: In 1 year, Michoacán authorities deactivated more than 1,600 improvised explosive devices

The number of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) located, seized and deactivated by state authorities in Michoacán more than doubled last year, indicating that criminal groups’ use of the makeshift bombs is becoming more prevalent. According to data from the Michoacán Read More …

Ukraine: $70M in Taxpayer Money Stolen by Land Mine Company

A Ukrainian company contracted to manufacture critically needed land- and anti-personnel mines for the front pocketed nearly Hr.3 billion ($69.8 million) in taxpayer money and instead sent small volumes of munitions that frequently failed to function and sometimes blew up Read More …

Oregon: St.Helens man arrested, faces charges related to Sunset Beach explosive

Police have arrested a man in connection with an explosive device discovered at a public restroom on Oregon’s North Coast last September. Oregon State Police arrested James Mason Liggett, 52, of St. Helens in Grants Pass on Sunday. Liggett was Read More …

UK: Man who blew up cash machine jailed for eight years

A would-be robber who blew up a cash machine with explosives has been jailed for eight years, police have said. Detectives investigating the attempted theft of cash from an ATM in Powburn, Northumberland, in May found explosive devices when they Read More …

Nova Scotia: Annapolis County man faces charges after police find cache of firearms, explosives

An Annapolis man has been arrested after RCMP seized a stash of firearm parts, ammunition and improvised explosive devices during series of searches. In a news release, Annapolis County District RCMP say a 34-year-old from Brickton will face numerous charges Read More …

Estonia: Man arrested after deliberate explosion at Tallinn’s Ülemiste Centre

A 60-year-old man has been arrested in connection with Saturday’s explosion at Ülemiste Centre, Estonia’s largest shopping centre, which injured one person and prompted the evacuation of shoppers and staff. State Prosecutor General Astrid Asi said the suspect, a Tallinn Read More …

Ireland: Viable explosive device and €18,000 in drugs seized in Limerick

Gardaí attached to the Limerick Divisional Drugs Unit conducted a search operation at two residential properties in Talbot Avenue, Prospect, Limerick on Monday afternoon, December 8th, 2025. The operation led to the seizure of drugs and drug paraphernalia with an Read More …

Europol: New report explores use of robotics and unmanned systems in the fight against crime

The integration of unmanned systems into crime is already here, and we have to ask ourselves how criminals and terrorists might use drones and robots some years from now. Just as the internet and smartphones presented significant opportunities as well Read More …

South Africa: Two arrested on N1 for possession of explosives

Police officers from Polokwane SAPS International Airport have arrested two foreign nationals, aged between 45 and 50-years-old, after they were found in possession of illegal explosives during routine crime-prevention operations on the N1 North outside Polokwane early this morning (Friday, Read More …

Victoria: Man pleads guilty after detonating improvised explosive at defence expo in Melbourne last year

An engineer who set off an improvised explosive device in an effort to disrupt an international weapons expo has described it as a “terrible error in judgment”. Shamera Fernando detonated a “homemade incendiary device” in the bathroom of the Melbourne Read More …

Massachusetts: Man found with explosives during traffic stop

A Central Massachusetts man was arrested Thursday after police discovered nine explosive devices in his car during a planned traffic stop, authorities said. Police had begun investigating the man, Jason E. Baldarelli, Jr., 27, of Princeton, after a witness reported explosions Read More …

UK: Theft victim jailed over plan to make booby trap bombs

A man considered making potentially deadly “booby traps” after a series of thefts at his home, a court has heard. Shazad Khan, 52, sparked a large-scale evacuation of his street in Glasgow’s west end after suspicious items were found in Read More …

Italy: A bomb attack on a Postamat station leaves criminals fleeing empty-handed

They planted a crude but still high-impact bomb in the Postamat cash dispenser in Tinnura. The explosion destroyed the machine and threw shrapnel onto a car, but it still didn’t open the safe containing the money. Indeed, the criminals fled Read More …

Brazil: At least 60 dead including four police officers, in operation against organised crime in Rio de Janeir

About 2,500 Brazilian police and soldiers launched a massive raid on a drug-trafficking gang in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday, arresting 81 suspects and sparking shootouts that left at least 60 suspects and four police officers dead, officials said. The Read More …

US military strikes 4 boats in the Pacific, killing 14, in ramp-up of campaign against alleged drug trafficking

The US military conducted strikes against four more boats in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Monday, killing 14 people on board the vessels, with one survivor, according to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. It marked the first time multiple strikes Read More …

Mexico: Gulf Cartel gunman caught near Texas border with explosives, drones, and IEDs

Authorities in Mexico arrested a suspected member of the Gulf Cartel who had 151 drone explosives, 18 drones, three IEDs, and various other weapons. The seizure also included state-of-the-art anti-drone weapons. The arrest took place in the border city of Read More …

Ireland: Improvised explosive device, guns and drugs seized during Carlow raid, two arrested

A viable improvised explosive device, four firearms and drugs worth €45,000 were seized during raids in Co Carlow on Thursday and Friday. Gardaí carried out searches on a number of properties as part of investigations into the sale and supply Read More …