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Lottery Results The winners for May 2025: 1st prize (£100) Iain Sirrell (Region 3/York Branch); 2nd prize (£60) Jenny Peattie (Region 7/Devon Branch); 3rd prize (£40) Deirdre Mahony (Region 2/Northern Ireland - Greater Belfast Branch. April 2025: 1st prize (£100) Paul Reeves (Region 10/Essex Branch); 2nd prize (£60) Samuel Olphert (Region 2/Northern Ireland - NTH West Branch); 3rd prize (£40) Andy Sullivan (Region 8/Cambridgeshire Branch). March 2025: 1st prize (£100) Steve Palmer (Region 8/Cambridgeshire Branch);

International Police Association Section UK

Vol 70, Edition 1 Winners: David Stamp (11 Region Sussex Branch) wins both the crossword and a copy of Criminals and Crocodiles - Policing in Rhodesia by Arnold Woolley and also wins the sudoku and a copy of The Adventures of a Victorian Con Woman - The Life & crimes of Mrs Gordon Baillie by Mick Davis and David Lassman.

2nd prize (£60) John Cooper (Region 5/Lincolnshire Branch); 3rd prize (£40) Roy Edwards (Region 5/Leicestershire Branch).

Entry Form Over Leaf

Puzzles The Hostage Rescuer - The Return of a Child into a Mother’s Arms by Darren Franklin with Martin Phillips and The Best Time is Now - The Ups and Downs of a Police Career by John Penlington Solve the puzzle/s and send them in. The lucky winners will be drawn out of the hat. Send the complete puzzles to: ‘Puzzles’, International Police Association, IPA HQ, Section UK, 1 Fox Road, West Bridgford, Nottingham, NG2 6AJ or as a scan by email to mail@ipa-uk.org marked ‘Puzzles’. Deadline for entries is: 16 September 2025.

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About the books The Hostage Rescuer - The Return of a Child into a Mother’s Arms by Darren Franklin with Martin Phillips The thrilling true story of the recovery of an abducted child against the odds. Two close encounters with death convince the author, Darren, that his career in global private security is not the healthiest. Meanwhile Scottish nurse Diane is on a life-changing route of her own. While Diane moves to Australia to marry her Greek lover and to start a family, Darren escapes a contract on his life and teams up with a former British special forces operative to get into the business of rescuing abducted children. Their paths cross when Diane’s marriage breaks down, her ex abducts their four-year-old son Theo back to the Greek islands and, when all attempts to get her son back via the courts have failed, Darren’s company is called in to carry out a daring snatch raid. As Diane waits anxiously, Darren and his small team contend with hostile locals, double-crossing police and dubious legal contacts to conduct surveillance on their target, formulate a plan and grab the boy before making their hazardous escape. Set against an all-too-real epidemic of parental abductions, and a background of frequent failed recovery attempts, the action swings from Britain to South America to Australia, to the USA and the Greek Islands on a roller-coaster of drama and emotion from start to finish. The Best Time is Now - The Ups and Downs of a Police Career by John Penlington

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Down 1 - Wrapper for a letter (8) 2 - Small branch (5) 4 - Emotional shock (6) 5 - Principal face of a building (12) 6 - Separated; remote (7) 7 - T ake a breath owing to astonishment (4) 8 - Ugly (12) 12 - Hard work (8) 14 - Urges strongly (7) 16 - Sprightliness (6) 18 - Shallow recess (5) 19 - Bitter-tasting substance (4)

POLICE WORLD Vol 70 No.3, 2025

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