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Police smash drugs operation and arrest five in dawn raid on 32,000 sq ft warehouse hiding cannabis plants worth £1million

Police have smashed a drugs operation and arrested five people after a dawn raid at a 32,000sq ft warehouse uncovered cannabis plants worth £1million. Hundreds of plants were found growing at a makeshift factory in Charlton, south-east London, on Wednesday.  Metropolitan Police say the plants could have been worth between £800,000 and £1million if they had been sold on the streets of London.  Hundreds of cannabis plants were found growing inside an abandoned warehouse in Charlton, south-east London, on Wednesday morning Met Police say the haul of plants would have been worth between £800,000 and £1million if harvested and sold on the streets of London Officers obtained a warrant to gain entry after receiving a tip-off about the factory and enlisted a National Police Air Service helicopter to carry out reconnaissance of the site. Police have asked people to contact them if they spot signs of a cannabis factory at a property, such as the smell, covered windows, lots of condensation, and

'You're killing me!' Donald Trump told Jared Kushner too much COVID testing would cost him the election - as president's pollster said supporters would embrace mask-wearing but Trump refused

Before losing the election to President-elect Joe Biden, President Donald Trump pointed a finger at Jared Kushner and said it would be his son-in-law's fault if November 3 didn't go well.  'You're killing me! This whole thing is! We've got all the damn cases,' Trump yelled at Kushner in August. 'I'm going to lose. And it's going to be your fault because of the testing.'  On Thursday The New York Times published a behind-the-scenes look into Trump's politicized coronavirus response - that he lashed out about too much testing, because the numbers made him look bad - while also dismissing his pollster's numbers that said his base would, in fact, embrace mask-wearing.    President Donald Trump , returning to the White House Thursday with first lady Melania Trump , pointed a finger at Jared Kushner and there being too much coronavirus testing predicting he would lose the election, the New York Times reported IN THE DOGHOUSE: President Donald T

Ex-Miss Great Britain and Love Island star Zara Holland is 'arrested at Barbados airport after trying to AVOID quarantining when her boyfriend tested positive for Covid'

Zara Holland has reportedly been arrested in Barbados after trying to return to the UK with her boyfriend when he tested positive for coronavirus. The former Love Island star, 25, and her beau Elliott Love, 30, are thought to have had a test when they arrived on the island on Sunday, reports The Sun.  However after receiving his result on Tuesday, the duo are said to have been given red wristbands but allegedly cut them off and tried to flee to the airport in a taxi. Hotels in Barbados have given out red wristbands during the pandemic for guests who have not yet tested negative for the virus. Those guests are then restricted to their rooms, only accessing meals by room service.  A member of staff at the £300-a-night Sugar Bay resort hotel is said to have found the bands and called police, who reportedly found Zara and Elliot at the airport. Other guests at Sugar Bay are not having to quarantine as a result of the alleged breach, with staff confident no one else came into close contact,

Family tracks down missing 21-year-old student using iPhone location app only to find her shot dead in a car alongside mystery man

A family who tracked down a 21-year-old student using her iPhone location app were left devastated when they found her shot dead in a car alongside a mystery man.  The young woman, called TT by her family, had told her loved ones she was going to the salon on Wednesday but when the University of Louisville student did not answer her phone they began to worry.  They used her location app to track her down, combing the streets of Louisville's Smoketown neighborhood through the night and eventually discovered her body in the 700 block of Lampton Street at around 4.30am on Thursday, according to Wave3News.  The body of a 21-year-old student, known to her family as TT, was found inside a car in Smoketown, Louisville, beside a man her family do not recognise The family said they tracked her phone location which took them to an unfamiliar part of town and, after searching cars in the area, they found her shot dead. Pictured: Emergency services at the scene in Smoketown The family, from ea

Teenage boy plunges from a cliff near a popular tourist beach - before he is saved by emergency crews in a dramatic night-time rescue

A teenage boy is lucky to be alive after he fell down a 4m cliff at popular Maroubra Beach in Sydney on New Year's Eve. The 15-year-old boy is believed to have fallen near the popular surfing beach while there with family and friends some time before 8.30pm on Thursday. Daily Mail Australia understands the fall was accidental.  More than a dozen paramedics and police rushed to the scene and scaled the cliffs to reach the boy.  The teenager though received only minor injuries after tumbling down the rock face.  They used a stretcher to carry the teenager out in a dramatic night-time rescue.  Under bright flood lights, the rescuers strapped the teen into a stretcher and carried him out and up over a grassy embankment before an ambulance took him to Sydney Children's Hospital. Police and paramedics help the injured teenager at the bottom of a 4m cliff from which he fell The cliffs at Maroubra Beach in Sydney. Maroubra is popular with surfers and tourists Sydney Children's Hosp

Two 15-year-old girls are allegedly raped in a nearby unit after meeting three 22-year-old men on Surfers Paradise beach in a New Year's Eve horror

Three men have been questioned by police in relation to the alleged rape and sexual assault of two minors they met on New Year's Eve. The men, all aged, 22, crossed paths with three teenage girls on the beach at Gold Coast's Surfers Paradise overnight, police said. The girls then allegedly attended a nearby unit where the men were staying and where two of the girls were allegedly raped and sexually assaulted.   'A 15-year-old girl has come to the concierge in a semi naked state, in a distressed state and police were called,' Acting Chief Superintendent Geoff Sheldon said. The alleged incident was at Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast (pictured above) on New Year's Eve 'Investigations into that... it turns out three girls, all 15, were on the beach and they met three young fellows. 'They went back to the room of these young fellows and it turns out they have been sexually assaulted and a complaint has been made. 'They met on the beach and the three girls

Mother-of-six dies after crashing her car into a tree on New Year's Eve - as it's revealed she was about to get married when she lost her life in the horrific accident

A mother-of-six was preparing to marry the love of her life before she was tragically killed when her car smashed into a tree on New Year's Eve. Jade Warry, 35, was driving along Bucca Rd in Bundaberg, south-east Queensland on Thursday about 9pm when her car careered off the road. A passing motorist found Ms Warry and paramedics were called to the scene - but nothing could be done to save her life. Mother-of-six, Jade Warry, has died after her car smashed into a tree on the night of New Year's Eve The 35-year-old was driving along Bucca Rd in Bundaberg, south-east Queensland on Thursday around 9pm when her car ran off the road Ms Warry was reportedly engaged to be married in 2021, the Brisbane Times reported. Tributes have since poured in for the beloved mother. 'I am so shattered, we have lost a good one here, such an awesome mum and beautiful person taken way too soon. Fly high Jade you will forever remembered and never forgotten,' one person wrote in an online tribut

REVEALED: The first person Scott Morrison called after removing the phrase 'young and free' from the national anthem following claims it disrespected Aboriginal history

Scott Morrison called an Australian sporting legend just moments after the clock hit 12 on New Year's Day to tell her he had changed the words to the national anthem. The prime minister immediately picked up the phone and called Olympic gold medalist and sporting hero Cathy Freeman to deliver the news in person. The sprinting legend of the 2000 Olympics tweeted her astonishment at 2.38am on January 1 - before the New Year was even three hours old. 'What a way to start the year!!! A phone call from our Prime Minister to say we are 'one and free'! Thank you,' she tweeted.   Freeman, born in Mackay, Queensland, lit the flame at the 2000 Olympics and became the gold-medal champion of the 400m. She is also a proud Aboriginal woman. Prime Minister Scott Morrison (pictured December 21) called sporting legend Cathy Freeman, an Aboriginal woman, to tell her the anthem had been changed to honour Aboriginal people Cathy Freeman carries the Aboriginal and Australian flags for a

EXCLUSIVE: 'She's cheap!' Salon owner who exposed Nancy Pelosi's maskless visit to her salon tells how the Speaker tipped in crumbled dollar bills as she posed in front of a blown up photo of incident displayed at famed LA store

It was the $45 blow-out seen around the world. Four months ago salon owner Erica Kious was in the middle of a media firestorm after she gave security camera footage of Nancy Pelosi at her San Francisco beauty salon to a friend who passed it on to the media. DailyMail.com caught up with the salon owner and stylist on Tuesday as she made a visit to the window display at Kitson in Los Angeles that showcases a still image of the incident. 'I had to see this for myself!' she said.  In the window was a blown up photo of Pelosi in Erica's salon, with the quote 'Rules for thee not for me!'.   Erica said she loved Kitson's decision to add a Santa hat to the Speaker of the House's head to make it more festive. 'That hair color box is a nice touch,' she said laughing.  DailyMail.com caught up with salon owner Erica Kious on Tuesday as she visited a window display at Kitson in Los Angeles that shows a photo of Pelosi in her salon Erica, the owner of the e Salon