Van driver jailed over ‘£12m’ Channel Tunnel drugs seizure
A Dutch van driver has been sentenced to 16 years in prison, after the National Crime Agency investigated a seizure of more than 200 kilos of class A drugs at…
A Dutch van driver has been sentenced to 16 years in prison, after the National Crime Agency investigated a seizure of more than 200 kilos of class A drugs at…
Margate Magistrates Court… Shops in Folkestone, selling illegal cigarettes and tobacco, have been ordered to close for three months by magistrates. Shanga Shop in Sandgate Road, Folkestone, and Star Shop,…
A man has been arrested in Gloucestershire in connection with the deaths of at least 27 people who drowned attempting to cross the English Channel in a dinghy last November.…
A lorry driver previously convicted in France for trying to smuggle migrants into the UK has been sentenced following a cocaine seizure earlier this year. Serhii Tukalo, 39, from Ukraine,…
Six people have been arrested after joint work between the National Crime Agency (NCA) and French authorities led to the dismantling of a people smuggling network storing boats in northern…
Natalie Elphicke MP raised concerns in Parliament Responding to the findings of a BBC News report on the Channel crossings, which showed a free French public bus traveling from the…
Suspected smuggled alcohol and illegal vaping equipment was seized as part of a multi-agency operation in Folkestone. Officers from Kent Police joined licensing and trading standards officers from Folkestone and…
Eurotunnel Terminal in Folkestone A man who tried to disguise £20,000 cash as baguettes wrapped in tin foil has forfeited the money following a court hearing. Valentin Gjoni, 54, from…
Items seized in Maidstone Businesses suspected of selling illicit tobacco, vapes and counterfeit goods have been inspected in a joint operation by KCC Trading Standards and the Maidstone Town Centre…
A man who attempted to smuggle £720,000 of heroin and cocaine into the UK hidden in car door panels has been jailed for 11 years. Mohammed Hussain, who was driving…
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