4-years in jail for people smuggler detained in Dover
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,…
£20,000 seized from Kent man at Gatwick Airport
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…
Car stopped and £12,000 seized at Folkestone Terminal of Channel Tunnel
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…
Gravesend man arrested on suspicion of smuggling people into the UK in horseboxes
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…
Folkestone and Hythe MP says it’s imperative asylum system prioritises those in imminent danger, not primarily young men
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…
Rolex watches and £39,000 cash seized in Folkestone as men try to leave UK
Channel Tunnel terminal Folkestone – Library image – Kent Police officers are investigating after more than £39,000 in cash and two Rolex watches were seized in Folkestone. The money was…
Border Force discover £100,000 sewn into two handbag linings at Channel Tunnel in Folkestone
Library image – Channel Tunnel terminal in Folkestone – More than £170,000 in cash was found in a car at the Channel Tunnel after three people from Nottinghamshire denied having…
15 years in jail for lorry driver carrying £5 million worth of cocaine
A lorry driver who hid 63 kilos of cocaine in a legitimate load of electronics has been jailed following a National Crime Agency investigation. Elroy Patrick Spek, 50, from the…
Jail for lorry passenger stopped at Dover Docks with heroin worth £250,000
A man who attempted to smuggle heroin worth almost a quarter of a million pounds into the UK has been jailed following a National Crime Agency investigation. Aleksandar Kuzmanovic, 27,…
Lorry driver jailed in bid to smuggle guns through Dover docks
A Romanian man has been jailed for four years for attempting to smuggle three handguns into the UK. National Crime Agency officers launched an investigation after Ionut Constantin Diaconu, 36,…