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They confiscated booby traps, boards with nails that were hidden by leaves and underbrush. You could kill a small child or a pet with those. – Michael Thurmond	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Dozens of packages containing advanced weaponry were discovered, confiscated and brought back to HMS Montrose. – The British embassy	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
Drug crimes need to be used to prosecute the traffickers, not the users, i’ve visited the border, I’ve seen the huge amounts of opioids, fentanyl-related substances, methamphetamines — I’ve seen them. The [district attorney] has shown me those that they’ve confiscated. – John Joyce	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
The Taliban also confiscated photography equipment. – Kabul News	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Disappointed that lion confiscated from city centre residence is being returned, undermining( Cambodia's) legislation preventing ownership/trade in endangered wildlife, harming global efforts to tackle Illegal Wildlife Trade, to say nothing of stress suffering of inappropriate captivity. – Tina Redshaw	Found on CNN 2 years ago
This internal investigation was conducted in an unprecedented fashion. All of the officers involved were ordered to give interview on very short notice, without proper preparation, outside of their normal work hours, had their phones confiscated and downloaded. – Aurora Police Association	Found on CNN 3 years ago
[G]overnment theft of private money and redistribution by a government elite is communism not democracy. ... Communism has already been tried for over 70 years, and it doesn't work because people work to support themselves, not their neighbors. When the rewards are confiscated and redistributed to others, people produce less or stop producing altogether. The quantity of "goods in common" declines until the system finally collapses and everybody is hungry, not just "the poor." Then totalitarianism steps in to force people to produce ask the Russians, the Poles, the Estonians). – Don Hull	added by Normando 4 years ago
Ghosn's wife happened to be with him when he was arrested, so they confiscated her passport and her mobile, his wife is not a suspect ... this is unforgivable. – Junichiro Hironaka	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Billy needs his confiscated anti-epilepsy medication immediately. – Billy Caldwell	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Families or individuals perceived to oppose the Libyan National Army (LNA) paid dearly and were hunted; scores remain detained, were disappeared, tortured or even killed and their properties were confiscated. – Hanan Salah	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
PDVSA products from the installations of the Isla refinery have been confiscated. We don't have any way to get them. – Steven Martina	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
They’ve confiscated everything and shut the website down. – John McCain	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
Almost every prohibited item we have confiscated. – Cleveland Police Chief Calvin Williams	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
We've confiscated all the hard disks of closed circuit cameras in this temple for police to find evidence of wrongdoing. – Adisorn Nuchdamrong	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
As a result of (house) searches a large quantity of computer equipment was confiscated along with communications gear, bank cards in false names, and also financial documents and significant amounts of cash confirming the illegal nature of their activity. – The FSB	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
Officials of the Counter-Terrorism Department raided the Jamiatul Nur seminary in the Daska area on Thursday and arrested more than a dozen people, the seminary has been sealed off and documents and literature have been confiscated from the premises. – Rana Sanaullah	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
It remains unclear what, if anything, has been achieved … in terms of securing the return of U.S. fugitives being harbored in Cuba, settling outstanding legal claims to U.S. citizens for properties confiscated by the regime, and in obtaining the unequivocal right of our diplomats to travel freely throughout Cuba and meet with any dissidents, and most importantly, securing greater political freedoms for the Cuban people. I intend to oppose theconfirmationof an Ambassador to Cuba until these issues are addressed. – Marco Rubio	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
The library, laboratory, computer and music rooms were in the confiscated part, so the kids don't have access anymore, some classrooms have barely enough space ... This is an unplanned move, kids just can't simply fit in. – Filiz Gurlu	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Case handlers had no option but to call more than 10 military trucks before all the confiscated property piled up like mountains from this former Central Military Commission vice chairman's house could be taken away. – Phoenix Weekly	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Do not pursue what is illusory - property and position all that is gained at the expense of your nerves decade after decade and can be confiscated in one fell night. Live with a steady superiority over life - don't be afraid of misfortune, and do not yearn after happiness it is after all, all the same the bitter doesn't last forever, and the sweet never fills the cup to overflowing. – Alexander Solzhenitsyn	added by anonymous 14 years ago

They confiscated booby traps, boards with nails that were hidden by leaves and underbrush. You could kill a small child or a pet with those.

– Michael Thurmond

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Dozens of packages containing advanced weaponry were discovered, confiscated and brought back to HMS Montrose.

– The British embassy

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Drug crimes need to be used to prosecute the traffickers, not the users, i’ve visited the border, I’ve seen the huge amounts of opioids, fentanyl-related substances, methamphetamines — I’ve seen them. The [district attorney] has shown me those that they’ve confiscated.

– John Joyce

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The Taliban also confiscated photography equipment.

– Kabul News

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Disappointed that lion confiscated from city centre residence is being returned, undermining( Cambodia's) legislation preventing ownership/trade in endangered wildlife, harming global efforts to tackle Illegal Wildlife Trade, to say nothing of stress suffering of inappropriate captivity.

– Tina Redshaw

Found on CNN
2 years ago

This internal investigation was conducted in an unprecedented fashion. All of the officers involved were ordered to give interview on very short notice, without proper preparation, outside of their normal work hours, had their phones confiscated and downloaded.

– Aurora Police Association

Found on CNN
3 years ago

[G]overnment theft of private money and redistribution by a government elite is communism not democracy. ... Communism has already been tried for over 70 years, and it doesn't work because people work to support themselves, not their neighbors. When the rewards are confiscated and redistributed to others, people produce less or stop producing altogether. The quantity of "goods in common" declines until the system finally collapses and everybody is hungry, not just "the poor." Then totalitarianism steps in to force people to produce ask the Russians, the Poles, the Estonians).

– Don Hull

added by Normando
4 years ago

Ghosn's wife happened to be with him when he was arrested, so they confiscated her passport and her mobile, his wife is not a suspect ... this is unforgivable.

– Junichiro Hironaka

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Billy needs his confiscated anti-epilepsy medication immediately.

– Billy Caldwell

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Families or individuals perceived to oppose the Libyan National Army (LNA) paid dearly and were hunted; scores remain detained, were disappeared, tortured or even killed and their properties were confiscated.

– Hanan Salah

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

PDVSA products from the installations of the Isla refinery have been confiscated. We don't have any way to get them.

– Steven Martina

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

They’ve confiscated everything and shut the website down.

– John McCain

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

Almost every prohibited item we have confiscated.

– Cleveland Police Chief Calvin Williams

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

We've confiscated all the hard disks of closed circuit cameras in this temple for police to find evidence of wrongdoing.

– Adisorn Nuchdamrong

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

As a result of (house) searches a large quantity of computer equipment was confiscated along with communications gear, bank cards in false names, and also financial documents and significant amounts of cash confirming the illegal nature of their activity.

– The FSB

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

Officials of the Counter-Terrorism Department raided the Jamiatul Nur seminary in the Daska area on Thursday and arrested more than a dozen people, the seminary has been sealed off and documents and literature have been confiscated from the premises.

– Rana Sanaullah

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It remains unclear what, if anything, has been achieved … in terms of securing the return of U.S. fugitives being harbored in Cuba, settling outstanding legal claims to U.S. citizens for properties confiscated by the regime, and in obtaining the unequivocal right of our diplomats to travel freely throughout Cuba and meet with any dissidents, and most importantly, securing greater political freedoms for the Cuban people. I intend to oppose theconfirmationof an Ambassador to Cuba until these issues are addressed.

– Marco Rubio

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

The library, laboratory, computer and music rooms were in the confiscated part, so the kids don't have access anymore, some classrooms have barely enough space ... This is an unplanned move, kids just can't simply fit in.

– Filiz Gurlu

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Case handlers had no option but to call more than 10 military trucks before all the confiscated property piled up like mountains from this former Central Military Commission vice chairman's house could be taken away.

– Phoenix Weekly

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Do not pursue what is illusory - property and position all that is gained at the expense of your nerves decade after decade and can be confiscated in one fell night. Live with a steady superiority over life - don't be afraid of misfortune, and do not yearn after happiness it is after all, all the same the bitter doesn't last forever, and the sweet never fills the cup to overflowing.

– Alexander Solzhenitsyn

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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