A former prison officer who entered into a romantic engagement with an inmate has been jailed for three years and six months following a corruption investigation into drug smuggling and…
The National Crime Agency’s (NCA) most wanted man, Adem Savas, has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for supplying thousands of boats and engines to people-smuggling gangs operating in…
As part of the international “Operation Thunder,” Border Force officers at Dover intercepted significant shipments of endangered wildlife smuggled from Europe. These seizures contributed to a 73% annual increase in…
Library Image – Canterbury Crown Court A heroin smuggler who tried to convince a jury that he was framed by an accomplice wearing his jumper has been jailed for nine…
Library image Two lorry drivers have been sentenced to significant prison terms after being caught attempting to smuggle nearly 50 people from the UK into France in the back of…
The NCA report a Hungarian lorry driver has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for attempting to smuggle 29kg of heroin into the UK, following a National Crime Agency…
A routine delivery turned into a police investigation after staff at a Sittingbourne business made a shocking discovery: a pallet containing a large quantity of cannabis. Pallet containing cannabis The…
In a scene ripped straight from a movie, a truck driver attempted to smuggle a staggering £2.9 million worth of cocaine hidden inside a lorry filled with everyone’s favourite childhood…
A man suspected of being part of a people-smuggling network operating between the UK and France has been arrested by National Crime Agency (NCA) officers in Ashford. The 42-year-old Iraqi…
A joint UK-French unit has led to the arrest of over 300 suspected people smugglers since its creation five years ago. The Joint Intelligence Cell (JIC/URO), based in northern France,…
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