Police arrest 12 after linking crash to organised crime
British police investigating a car crash in northeast England over the weekend that killed seven people, including two police officers, said they had arrested 12 people in a probe into organised criminal activity linked to the incident.
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British police investigating a car crash in northeast England over the weekend that killed seven people, including two police officers, said they had arrested 12 people in a probe into organised criminal activity linked to the incident.
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Police arrest 12 after linking crash to organised crime
British police investigating a car crash in northeast England over the weekend that killed seven people, including two police officers, said they had arrested 12 people in a probe into organised criminal activity linked to the incident.
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