Cocaine hidden deep within a container ship at Sheerness Port in Kent has been seized as part of a National Crime Agency investigation involving police officers and Border Force. The…
Three men who organised people smuggling crossings from France and Belgium to the UK have been sentenced to more than 14 years imprisonment. National Crime Agency officers established that Albanians…
A man has appeared in court charged with people smuggling offences as part of a National Crime Agency investigation into a network suspected of moving migrants out of the UK.…
A man has been jailed in France following an investigation by the National Crime Agency and French authorities into an a organised crime group suspected of using pleasure boats to…
Two men are facing charges of importing illegal drugs after Border Force officers discovered a huge stash of ketamine, cocaine and MDMA (ecstasy) in their van on Saturday (8 July).…
Margate Magistrates Court A 34-year-old man from the Netherlands has appeared at Margate Magistrates’ Court in the UK to face charges over the attempted importation of an AK47-style automatic rifle…
Rough seas Following yesterday’s visit to Dover, MP Natalie Elphicke said: “I was delighted to welcome the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak back to Dover to deliver an update on progress…
A crackdown on criminal gangs distributing illicit tobacco has led to further seizures in two areas of Kent. 80,000 cigarettes and 400 pouches of hand rolling tobacco Image Kent County…
The National Crime Agency has reported that two men, who posed as cleaners for a ferry company in an attempt to smuggle cocaine into the UK, have been jailed after…
The ringleaders of an Afghan organised crime group have been convicted and jailed in France for smuggling migrants to the UK in small boats. The gang were dismantled following a…
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