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…
National Crime Agency officers have assisted an operation in France which has seen more than a dozen arrests in connection with the deaths of 27 people attempting to cross the…
The National Crime Agency has reported an Irish national was handed a four year jail sentence after admitting his part in an international people smuggling conspiracy. Wayne Sherlock, aged 41,…
More than £20,000 in cash was found after a Swanscombe man was arrested at Gatwick Airport. Kent Police officers detained the man as he disembarked a flight from Barcelona on…
Channel Tunnel Terminal in Folkestone More than £12,000 in cash was seized in Folkestone after a car was stopped on its way out of the UK. On Tuesday 31 May…
Two suspected members of an organised crime group smuggling people into the UK in horseboxes have been arrested in raids by the National Crime Agency. Officers arrested a 50-year-old man…
Constituency matters… a weekly column by the Member of Parliament for Folkestone and Hythe, Damian Collins 27 April 2022 The UK has a proud history of welcoming those in desperate…
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