Removal man jailed for cigarette smuggling worth more than £600,000
A removals company boss was caught on his own dashcam as he tried to smuggle two million cigarettes through Dover and into the UK. Thomas Coulton, 42, from Morecambe, has…
Driver who smuggled cocaine worth £480,000 in load of frozen spuds jailed at Canterbury court
A HGV driver has been jailed for smuggling £480,000 worth of cocaine whilst delivering a shipment of frozen potatoes from the Netherlands. The National Crime Agency started an investigation into…
Cocaine worth £5 million seized in Sheerness sparks National Crime Agency investigation
National Crime Agency officers are investigating after a seizure of cocaine worth approximately £5 million at Sheerness port in Kent. The drugs were found on Sunday 16 January by Border…
Border Force at Dover discover cocaine worth £2.1 million behind wooden boards in truck
A lorry driver has been jailed for nine years after attempting to smuggle cocaine worth £2.1 million into the UK in his truck. The National Crime Agency investigated Polish national,…
Illegal tobacco seized from ceiling cavity at business in Maidstone
Boxes of suspected smuggled and counterfeit tobacco have been seized from a cavity above a ceiling at a Maidstone business. The contraband was recovered at the premises in Knightrider Street…
Van driver with £16.5m heroin and cocaine haul is jailed for 10 years after search in Dover
A van driver who attempted to smuggle heroin and cocaine worth £16.5m by hiding it within catering supplies has been jailed for 10 years. Ross Patrick Deffley, 26, from Solihull,…
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…