Feb. 27 (Bloomberg) -- German police used tips from EBay Inc. to score the biggest success in their probe of a counterfeiting ring, snaring 20 tons of knock-off La Martina dress shirts, Ed Hardy tank tops and other brands last month.

Feb. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Irish police said they are hunting an armed gang who held hostage the family of a Bank of Ireland Plc employee and forced the man to hand over cash from a Dublin branch.

Pakistani police fired tear gas and rounded up protesters in the capital Friday, with the nuclear-armed nation in turmoil since a court banned the top opposition leader from contesting elections.

Police fought running battles with supporters of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif near Pakistan's capital Friday as protests against a court order barring him from elected office continued for a third day.

Thames Valley Police appoints two new members of staff in east Berkshire to work with communities to prevent violent extremism.

Police searching for a dangerous sex offender travel to Aberdeen after reported sightings of him there.

DEDHAM, Mass. -- Stoughton's former police chief avoided prison time when he was sentenced to three years of probation on his conviction of accessory to attempted extortion.

Two Bristol Township police officers, severely injured by a drunken and uninsured driver, were cheated out of insurance benefits by their own township manager and three insurance employees, a Bucks County grand jury presentment alleges.

Pakistani police fired tear gas and rounded up protesters in the capital Friday, with the nuclear-armed nation in turmoil since a court banned the top opposition leader from contesting elections.

Police fired tear gas to disperse supporters of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif who demonstrated near the Pakistani capital for a third day on Friday to protest a court order barring him from elected office.