Huge breakthrough as 5 arrested over taxi driver 'execution'

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Huge breakthrough as 5 arrested over taxi driver 'execution'
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Ethsham Ul-Haq Ghafoor was shot dead in his cab 30 years ago - and the case was reopened last week

Detectives investigating the death of Ethsham Ul-Haq Ghafoor, the Nottingham taxi driver who was shot dead 30 years ago, have arrested five people on suspicion of murder. The significant breakthrough comes a week after senior detectives at Nottinghamshire Police reopened the case, with a Crime stoppers reward of up to £50,000 put up to anyone with key information in the unsolved case.

He added: “Please continue to share our appeal and contact us with any information you may have. We know that the answer to Shami’s murder lies within the community, and we would encourage anyone with information, no matter how small, to please continue to get in touch with our officers or through Crimestoppers. Crimestoppers is offering up to £50,000 for any information which leads to a conviction.

Crimestoppers, a charity which is independent of the police, also offered a reward of up to £50,000 for information that they exclusively receive that leads to a conviction. Shami was described as "an outgoing, charming and kind man" who died five months before his baby daughter was born

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