Driver stopped in Folkestone had £250,000 hidden in wheel arches
A man who attempted to take £250,000 out of the UK by hiding it in the wheel arches of his vehicle has been sentenced. The National Crime Agency launched an…
HGV driver in £650,000 drugs smuggling bid at Dover Docks jailed for 7 years
A lorry driver who attempted to hide 16 kilos of cocaine in the battery area of an HGV has been jailed for seven years. The National Crime Agency investigated Romans…
Driver jailed after trying to smuggle £2.5m of cocaine through Dover Port
A driver who removed his van’s fuel tank to pack it with 32 kilos of cocaine has been jailed for nine years and nine months. Ion Cazac, 40, from Romania,…
Kent and Essex drug smugglers jailed for 40 years
Three men have been jailed for a combined 40 years, after being found guilty of plotting a £4.5 million drug smuggling venture. National Crime Agency conducted a covert investigation into…
Happy families smuggler jailed after heroin worth £2m seized as family returns to Dover
A man from Lancashire has been jailed for more than six years for attempting to smuggle heroin worth almost £2 million into the UK in his campervan. Michael Sloan, aged…
€560,000 to be returned to the public purse after Border Force officers stop man at Channel Tunnel
Suspected criminal cash totalling almost €560,000 will be returned to the public purse after the National Crime Agency secured a forfeiture order following a smuggling attempt by a Dutch man.…
Secret stashes of fags in Gravesend shops reveal 28,000 illegal cigarettes
A hidden compartment containing more than 18,000 illegal cigarettes was discovered at a shop in Gravesend during a joint operation involving police and Kent County Council Trading Standards. The hide…
Third man arrested over £19.4 million ‘cocaine coach’ intercepted in Dover
A 45-year-old man has been arrested by National Crime Agency officers as part of an investigation into the attempted importation of almost a quarter of a tonne of cocaine in…
43 years jail for brothers in smuggling plot after guns found in vehicle on Dover and Killingholme trips
The National Crime Agency reported on 22 September that two brothers have been sentenced to a total of 43 years in prison for smuggling illegal firearms into the UK. 30-year-old…