Jailed for 130 years: cocaine smugglers chased at sea

Seven cocaine smugglers have been jailed for more than 130 years, after their plot to smuggle drugs worth millions into the UK was foiled by Border Force and the National Crime Agency (NCA)

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Lorry driver smuggled cocaine in Lego consignment

An HGV driver tried to smuggle £2.9m worth of cocaine in a lorry carrying a consignment of Lego

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Drugs trafficker jailed for trying to smuggle nearly £1m of cocaine in electric wheelchair

A Portuguese national has been sentenced to six years and nine months in prison for trying to smuggle nearly £1m of cocaine into the UK hidden in an electric wheelchair, following a National Crime Agency investigation.

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Operation Venetic: Crime group jailed over yacht cocaine and cannabis smuggling plots

An organised crime group who hatched an audacious plan to smuggle 600 kilos of cocaine on a yacht participating in a transatlantic sailing race, and imported more than half a tonne of cannabis, have been jailed for a total of more than 111 years

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Pensioner who smuggled cocaine in his mobility scooter jailed

A pensioner who tried to smuggle cocaine worth more than £600,000 into the UK hidden in his mobility scooter has been jailed for six years.

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Four charged after NCA uncovers cannabis farm and drugs supply network in the West Midlands

Four people arrested by the National Crime Agency yesterday as part of an ongoing investigation into organised immigration crime and drug supply have been charged.

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Man arrested over money laundering allegations linked to mini-markets

A man has been arrested in West Yorkshire for his alleged involvement in the laundering of criminal money overseas via a suspected unregistered money service business.

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