arrested

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Duterte was arrested in March last year, flown to the Netherlands on the same day, and is detained in The Hague awaiting trial.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

By the end of the day police had arrested 18 teenagers.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

The 42 people arrested come from 19 Riverside County cities, with the highest concentrations in Menifee, where six people were arrested; Riverside, where five people were arrested; and Moreno Valley, also with five arrests.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

A 52-year-old woman was also arrested as part of the investigation, which is being led by Counter Terrorism Policing London, on 10 May.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

I glanced around my room nervously, although if this room was monitored, the security officers would have arrested me the minute I opened that stupid life-ruining Cocoon last night.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin