12 h. ago How young Brits really become drug mules as expert reveals truth on dark underworld

As numerous Brits find themselves holed up in jail abroad, The Mirror speaks to former law enforcement professional Matt Lockyer to gain insights on how people actually end up a drug mule

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51 h. ago 'Honeymoon' drug mule couple hug and kiss in court as they are jailed after being caught at UK airport with £99,000 of cannabis stuffed in their suitcases

Jeng Chow, 30, and Ley Wat, 25, were travelling from their native Malaysia with 28 vacuum-sealed packages of marijuana and had even made a stop over in Qatar.

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61 h. ago Jay Slater's friend Lucy Law reveals what he told her on night he disappeared as bombshell new claims emerge over British teen's Tenerife death

EXCLUSIVE: Jay Slater vanished in Tenerife last June only to be found dead a month later with severe head injuries at the bottom of a remote ravine on the Spanish party island.

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4 d. ago Couple busted with £1m of drugs in luggage at airport in drug mule fears

Daniel McDonald and Sian Warren were arrested at Heathrow Airport.

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4 d. ago Brit couple found with £1m of cannabis in luggage in latest 'drug mule' fears

Sian Warren, 34, and Daniel McDonald, 36, from Salford, have been accused of trying to smuggle cannabis valued at £1million through Heathrow Airport on their way back from Thailand

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6 d. ago Billie Piper let slip HUGE hint about her Doctor Who return weeks before it hit screens

Billie Piper let slip a huge hint about her Doctor Who return weeks before it hit screens as she spoke in the Doctor Who: Unleashed special this weekend.

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7 d. 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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7 d. ago British teen Hannah Klugman stuns tennis at French Open with help from Jack Draper and Rafael Nadal

Hannah Klugman has become the first British player to reach the French Open juniors final in almost 50 years.

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8 d. 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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8 d. ago 'I was Grange Hill legend Zammo now I'm a locksmith after horror crash ended my dream'

Zammo McGuire had one of the most infamous story lines on Grange Hill after becoming a heroin addicts, but life for the actor after leaving the show took a different turn

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1 week 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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1 week 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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1 week 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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1 week 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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1 week 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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2 w. 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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2 w. 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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2 w. ago British banking exec who 'stabbed teen to death with a broken bottle' in Portugal after he was targeted by thieves faces trial after two

Daniel Dunbar is set to be tried by Portuguese officials over the death of Daniel Galhanas in 2023.

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2 w. 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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2 w. 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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