Police crackdown on crime groups

More than 200 people were arrested last week in 17 European countries in a coordinated crackdown on cross-border movements of stolen goods, illegal drugs and cash.

European police agency Europol said yesterday that the actions, coordinated by the Netherlands and aimed at groups using European highway networks, was focused on property crime.

It resulted in 228 arrests as well as the seizing of 88 vehicles, other goods, cash and illegal drugs.

In one case, German authorities stopped a man suspected by Danish authorities of stealing GPS devices from farm machines.