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60 traffic police officers detained in bribery scheme for abuse of safety regulations on roads

Some 102 people, including 60 traffic police officers and two constables, were detained in Istanbul in an operation early on July 24 for turning a blind eye to earth-moving trucks carrying weight beyond their capacity and for letting concrete mixers on the roads during banned hours in return for briberies amounting to 5,000 Turkish Liras (around $1,400) a month. 

Thailand arrests second foreign suspect in Bangkok blast probe

Police hunting those responsible for Thailand's deadliest bombing arrested a second foreign suspect on Sept. 1, Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said.

The Aug. 17 attack on a Bangkok Hindu shrine killed 20 people and injured more than 100. Fourteen foreigners were among those killed in a blast the military government said was aimed at dealing a blow to an already ailing economy. 

Turkish man charged in Thailand over Bangkok bombing

Thai authorities on Aug. 29 detained and charged a 28-year-old Turkish man over a bomb attack in Bangkok last week that killed 20 people and wounded scores more.

It is the first arrest in connection with the Aug. 17 bombing at the Erawan shrine in the capital's bustling downtown district, which killed mostly Asian visitors, in Thailand's worst single mass-casualty attack.

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