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This is the bizarre moment when supermarket workers crack a real-life cold case as they trap a thief trying to flee with a bag of frozen meat. The thief was recorded on shopping mall CCTV as she loaded her bag with choice cuts straight from the shop freezer in the Russian city of Perm. But as she tried to flee, she got lost in the shopping centre's maze of corridors and ended up surrendering to staff. The footage shows the woman as she brazenly loads up her shopping bag without even attempting to hide it. Then as she leaves she begins to run as shop workers spot her and give chase. But as she tried to find a way out of the rabbit warren of aisles and corridors, she gets trapped by the supermarket assistant and hands herself in, Police say the woman - who will be charged with attempted robbery - had a record of similar incidents. Her name has not been revealed. The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs said in a statement obtained by Newsflash on 22nd March: "The duty unit of the police department of the Industrial District of Perm received a message from a representative of a chain store located on Mira Street about an attempt to steal goods. "A woman entered the trading floor and went to the refrigerators with frozen products. There, she hid six packages of meat in her bag and tried to sneak out of the supermarket. "However, her actions were noticed by vigilant store employees who tried to stop the intruder. The woman took off running, but ran past the exit and ended up getting lost in the mall. "Realising that further resistance was futile, she surrendered to the store employees, who handed her over to the police." They added: "At the police station, a 30-year-old local resident confessed and explained that she had stolen food for further resale. In addition, it turned out that the detainee is already a defendant in criminal cases for the theft of food from stores. "A criminal case was initiated against a young woman on the grounds of a crime under part three of article 30, part one of article 161 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, that is attempted robbery."

This is the shocking moment a people smuggler abandons a one-year-old boy to his fate a stone's throw from the Colorado River before returning to Mexico. A surveillance camera caught the moment the smuggler emerges from the water with the tot in his arms and places him on the ground between two tall fences. The smuggler then returns to the water and, moments later, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection vehicle arrives on the scene. An officer can be seen getting out and collecting the toddler before an accident can happen. The smuggler had swum across the river between San Luis Rio Colorado in Mexico's Sonora State and the Yuma Sector of Arizona State, USA, with the lad in his arms. The incident took place on 20th March and officials revealed that the boy was from Guatemala. U.S. Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz said in a statement obtained by Newsflash on 24th March: "A one-year-old Guatemalan child was abandoned along the Colorado River Monday afternoon by a smuggler who took him across the border and then left him to fend for himself along the water's edge. Thanks to our agent's quick response, tragedy was averted! He followed it up with a picture of the child safe with an agent.

Police in Spain have arrested 15 drug traffickers who kidnapped four men over the theft of a stash of drugs and tortured them for information until one nearly died. Officers from the National Police arrested the suspects in raids across the municipalities of Marbella, Benhavis, and Estepona. One of the raids can be seen in this police footage. During the raids, officers seized 937 kilogrammes (2,066 lb) of hashish, 53 ecstasy pills, narcotics, a pistol, ammunition, balaclavas, about EUR 50,000 (GBP 44,000) in cash, multiple vehicles, and forged numberplates. Chillingly, the gang had kidnapped four men in Marbella over the alleged theft of 1,500 kilogrammes of hashish. On 2nd December, six to eight armed individuals arrived at the home of one of the victims, where they tied the men up, put them in a van, and drove them to a villa in another area of the city. During their captivity, the gang beat them, threatened them, and deprived them of food and medicine in order to get information about the whereabouts of the missing stash. They also contacted their relatives and demanded they make ransom payments totalling EUR 5 million (GBP 4.4 million) for their release. Officers began searching for the men after receiving four missing persons reports on 4th and 5th December. Over the course of the investigations, the suspects released two of their captives, one of whom had fallen into a diabetic coma and went on to spend a month in hospital. Investigations finally led the officers to the villa, where they arrested four armed suspects and freed the remaining kidnapped victims, who were tied up and had multiple injuries. The operation ended with 11 more arrests, the National Police reported on 23rd March. The suspects are variously accused of kidnapping, belonging to a criminal organisation, illegal possession of weapons, aggravated robbery, vehicle theft, forging documents, and causing injury.

Police in Moscow have reportedly arrested two young men and a woman suspected of a violent robbery. It has been preliminarily established that the assailants provoked a conflict with random passers-by at night. During the altercation, they assaulted their opponents and subsequently stole a waist bag containing money and other belongings from one of the victims. As a result of the investigation, the police detained the suspects at their places of residence in the capital. The Arbat District Police Department has initiated a criminal case under Part 2 of Article 162 of the Russian Criminal Code. The official representative of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, Irina Volk, reported that the suspects are currently in custody as a preventive measure.