A man arrested by two policemen in Croatia managed to escape his arrest after having offered to buy them coffee at a café on the Croatian island of Korcula. The 31-year-old man, who is wanted for almost 100 different offenses, persuaded the two policemen who had arrested him for one last cup of coffee.

Two Bulgarian prisoners that are World Cup soccer fans, have sewn up their lips in protest after not being able to watch the tournament from their prison cells. According to Prison director Vesselin Kotzev, the two men, who are currently spending life sentences in prison, have left a small part of their mouths open in order to be able to smoke cigarettes.

Two lifetime Bulgarian prisoners have stitched their lips and declared a hunger strike demanding cable television and other perks, officials said in Thursday. Prison director Vesselin Kotzev told AFP that he was trying to persuade the prisoner, who has removed his stitches to give an interview, that "stitching his mouth again is not the way to put in his demands, which anyway are unrealistic as they are forbidden by law. "

A 76-year-old woman accused of producing and selling heroin from her home has been arrested. Esther Gomez had allegedly been selling black-tar heroin out of her home for years. On Thursday, Gomez was arrested after authorities received information that led to a search warrant. She was charged with possession with intent to deliver and released on a $20,000 bond.