Suspected people smugglers who landed migrants at Margate arrested by NCA
Four people have been arrested today (28 February) as part of a National Crime Agency investigation into a group alleged to have smuggled migrants to the UK in boats from…
NCA see six jailed by France over small boat migrant smuggling network
Six men who set up a storage base for a small boat people smuggling network in northern France have been jailed, after an investigation supported by the National Crime Agency.…
Border Force urging public to report suspicious behaviour on UK coast and at sea
Border Force covers over 11,000 miles of mainland coastline, operating in and around small ports and marinas. It raises vigilance and awareness of suspicious behaviour which may be linked to…
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…
Two Folkestone shops forced to shut by Court
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,…
People smuggling suspect tracked down by NCA over 27 Channel boat deaths
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.…
£1m drugs smuggler jailed for 11 years after Border Force stop at Dover
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,…
Joint NCA and French raid scuppers suspected people smuggling small boat network
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…
‘Shocking’ free French public bus service used by people smugglers
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…
Suspect smuggled booze and illicit vaping gear seized in Folkestone
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…