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…
Canterbury Court jails Polish lorry driver for 14 and a half years after £4m worth of cocaine found in his bed
A lorry driver has been jailed for 14 and a half years after trying to smuggle 50kg of cocaine worth £4m by hiding it in his bed. Karol Niewiadomski (30),…
Lorry driver’s mattress used to smuggle drugs worth £2m through Dover
A lorry driver who attempted to smuggle ketamine and mephedrone worth £2 million into the UK by hiding it in his mattress has been jailed. The National Crime Agency investigated…
Irish lorry driver charged over £5.7m worth of drugs hidden in chocolates destined for Maidstone
Seized drugs Credit: NCA The National Crime Agency reports a lorry driver has been charged following the seizure of cocaine and heroin worth £5.7 million. A 64-year-old Irish national, now…
11 years behind bars for trucker who tried to smuggle more than £7m of cocaine through Dover
A truck driver who tried to smuggle almost 100kg of cocaine into the UK has been jailed for 11 years as part of a National Crime Agency investigation. Miodrag Ivankovic,…