25 h. ago The 13 Brits banged up abroad amid alarm over 'drug mule' explosion

There's mounting concern among police and border force officials about the rise in Britons being detained over drugs trafficking

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31 h. ago Brit pensioner's makes incredible 'too many Spaniards' rant on Benidorm trip

A British pensioner complained that her Thomas Cook holiday to Benidorm, Spain, was ruined because her hotel had "too many Spaniards in it" and was on top of a hill

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55 h. ago Drugs mule caught with £1m cannabis haul 'stuffed in suitcases' at Cairnryan port

Chace Cappellie tried to traffick the class B drug via his vehicle from a Stena Line ferry from Belfast to Cairnryan.

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3 d. ago Mystery of Brit 'drug mule' explosion as 13 in hellhole jails with some facing death

A dramatic surge in the number of Brits arrested for drug smuggling around the world has triggered mounting alarm among police and border force officials as 13 languish in hellhole jails

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3 d. ago Bizarre 'drug mule' explosion as 13 Brits in hellhole prisons and facing death

The arrests of a number of Brits abroad in recent months has shone a spotlight on the worrying trend of criminal networks targeting ordinary UK citizens to act as drug mules.

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4 d. ago Alarm at soaring number of 'smuggling' Brits arrested abroad in 'drug mule crisis'

An alarming explosion in the number of Brits arrested for drug smuggling abroad has raised fresh concerns about the growing use of UK citizens as international drug mules

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6 d. ago Simon Yates rides away with prize of Giro d’Italia while rivals lose the plot | William Fotheringham

Del Toro and Carapaz became distracted by each other, allowing the Lancastrian to claim a second Grand TourThe Mexican standoff is a much-loved cinematic device, but the stalemate beloved of western movie script writers has rarely, if ever, decided one of cycling’s Grand Tours. The 2025 Giro d’Italia was the exception, appositely as the biggest loser was an actual Mexican, Isaac del Toro, with the unassuming Lancastrian Simon Yates the two-wheeled equivalent of the bandit who skips off with the loot, while two other bandits – in this case Richard Carapaz and Del Toro – stare each other down waiting for the other man to blink.Yates’s second career Grand Tour win, forged on the Colle delle Finestre on Saturday afternoon in a peerless display of courage and cunning, and sealed 24 hours later in the streets of Rome, will go down in cycling’s annals as one of the most improbable heists the sport has witnessed. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago British pensioner 'drug mule', 79, arrested in Chile claims Mexican gang promised him £3.7million to carry suitcase with 5kg of crystal meth

A British pensioner has been arrested in Chile after a Mexican gang allegedly promised him £3.7million to smuggle a suitcase of crystal meth.

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7 d. ago Brit pensioner 'drug mule' claims Mexican gang promised him £3.7m to carry case

The 79-year-old was stopped by custom officers at Santiago International Airport after landing on a flight from Cancun, Mexico - police say claimed he had no idea how the crystal meth ended up in his luggage

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9 d. ago London 'drug mule' tears up as she appears in court in Sri Lanka accused of smuggling £1.2 million of super

Charlotte May Lee, 21, was arrested at Bandaranaike Airport on May 11

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9 d. ago Brit 'drug mule' could face 25 years in Sri Lanka jail over 46kg suitcase haul

Charlotte May Lee has appeared in court after £1.2 million of the synthetic cannabis Kush was allegedly found in her suitcase when she landed in the country.

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9 d. ago Brit 'drug mule' Charlotte May Lee appears at Sri Lanka court over 46kg kush haul

Young Brit Charlotte May Lee - who has been accused of smuggling over 46kg of super-strength synthetic cannabis - appeared at a Sri Lankan court today

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1 week ago Chile customs officials cut open Brit pensioner's luggage and find five kilos of drugs

The dramatic video, obtained by the Mirror, shows agents at Santiago Airport calmly slicing through the OAP's suitcase to uncover a secret compartment packed with methamphetamine

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1 week ago Glam drug mule mum's warning to Bella Culley and Charlotte Lee held in hellhole jails

Levi-April Whalley, who recently avoided jail time for attempting to smuggle cannabis into the UK, believes Bella Culley and Charlotte Lee are 'victims' adding they should 'tell the truth and be honest'

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1 week ago Brit, 79, faces huge sentence in notorious hellhole jail if meth drug mule guilt proved

The pensioner was held after leaving a flight from the Mexican resort of Cancun at Santiago Airport, where he had hoped to stay overnight and then catch a flight to Australia

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1 week ago Glam drug mule's warning to fellow Brits Bella Culley and Charlotte Lee held in hell jails

Levi-April Whalley, who recently avoid jail time for attempting to smuggle cannabis into the UK, believes Bella Culley and Charlotte Lee are 'victims' adding they should 'tell the truth and be honest’

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1 week ago Glamorous drug mule turned OnlyFans star issues warning to two young women recently caught smuggling cannabis

Drug mule turned Only Fans star Levi-April Whalley, 31, issued a stark warning to fellow Brits Bella May Culley, 18, and Charlotte May Lee, 21, who are suspected of similar crimes.

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1 week ago Brit pensioner 'arrested in Chile after trying to smuggle 5kg of meth'

The 79-year-old man, who authorities have been named, was arrested at Santiago Airport in Chile, where he had arrived on a flight from the Mexican resort of Cancun

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1 week ago The Brit pensioners left homeless in Spain by phenomenon that priced them out of retirement abroad

John Brownwood - a former footballer with a top club - is one of the pensioners left homeless after he was priced out of his retirement abroad.

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1 week ago Drug mule mum issues stark warning to Bella May Culley as she awaits trial

Levi-April Whalley says she has endured 'months of torture' after she was caught smuggling drugs worth £160,000 into the UK with friend Sophie Bannister

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