Police in Margate have seized £2,000 worth of illicit tobacco from local shops. Seventeen premises were inspected on January 29th, 2025, in a joint operation with Trading Standards. Contraband cigarettes,…
Library image: Canterbury Crown Court A criminal gang that attempted to smuggle Vietnamese migrants across the English Channel in dangerously unseaworthy boats has been sentenced. Led by 57-year-old Freddy Lawrence…
A man who tried to smuggle £4m worth of ketamine into the UK via the Channel Tunnel has been jailed for three years and nine months after National Crime Agency…
Members of an organised crime group that attempted to import 1.2 tonnes of cocaine into the UK with the help of a corrupt port security guard have been jailed for…
A man from Liverpool who attempted to smuggle eight firearms into the UK has been sentenced to eight years and three months in prison. The 33-year-old was intercepted by authorities…
Library image ::: National Crime Agency (NCA) officers have arrested four men and seized approximately 400 kilos of cocaine after a fishing boat was stopped at sea off the Kent…
National Crime Agency officers have worked with law enforcement partners across Europe to seize around 600 dangerous lifejackets that were destined for use by organised crime groups smuggling migrants across…
Untaxed cigarettes have been found behind false walls and in other hides during inspections at Gravesend businesses. The enforcement by Kent Police, Kent Trading Standards and Gravesham Council’s licencing department…
Illegal vapes, counterfeit tobacco and cigarettes were seized by Kent Police working with Kent County Council’s Trading Standards team and Dover’s Community Safety Unit when they carried out visits to…
Illegal On Friday 24 May 2024 police seized hundreds of unlicensed vapes and counterfeit cigarettes at two shops in Chatham High Street. Officers along with the Medway Council Trading Standards…
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