59 h. ago Scotland's prisons need £8m taxpayer cash to combat drone drug smugglers

The eye-watering cost of tackling the drugs trade was laid bare by the chief executive of the Scottish Prison Service in a letter to Holyrood’s ­criminal justice committee.

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66 h. ago ‘Every parent’s worst nightmare’: Tragic end to search for missing North Carolina teen who sent chilling final text to mom

The body of 18-year-old Giovanni Pelletier was found on Friday, a week after he went missing

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3 d. ago Brit mum's 'unimaginable' rabies death after holiday has life

The bravery of a family who told of their 'unimaginable loss' after a mum died of rabies has helped boost Brits having vaccines against the devastating disease

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3 d. ago Britain's drug smuggling capital: How cocaine cartels are targeting some of our most beautiful beaches... and locals know who is helping them

EXCLUSIVE: South American cocaine cartels are targeting English fishing villages in Cornwall as potential entry points into the UK drugs market, the Daily Mail can reveal.

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4 d. ago Trader's final chilling message as he takes deadly poison in court when he's jailed

Michael Marin's life seemed perfect with a lavish lifestyle and a passion for mountaineering but he was caught out by a single mistake

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5 d. ago BBC Death in Paradise star shares heartbreak after being fired and losing job

Kris Marshall is known for playing Humphrey Goodman in Death in Paradise, but his road to stardom was far from conventional.

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6 d. ago Alleged killer of Minnesota politician and her husband expected to plead not guilty in court

Vance Boelter, charged with killing top Democrat and her husband and wounding two others, to be arraigned in federal courtThe man charged with killing the top Democrat in the Minnesota house and her husband, and wounding a state senator and his wife, is expected to plead not guilty when he’s arraigned in federal court on Thursday, his attorney said.Vance Boelter, 58, of Green Isle, Minnesota, was indicted on 15 July on six counts of murder, stalking and firearms violations. The murder charges could carry the federal death penalty, though prosecutors say that decision is several months away. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Hundreds more may have died in LA’s devastating fires in January than first reported, study finds

New studies argue recent wildfires in Los Angeles and Maui may have caused excess deaths not mentioned in official casualty counts

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6 d. ago Brit drug mule mum avoids jail after being caught with 45lbs of cannabis

Cameron Bradford, 21, was arrested on April 22 after a last-minute change of flight tipped off German authorities as the judge presiding over her case agreed she had been pressured by a man

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7 d. ago ‘They’re to put the brakes on cops’: Rio barricades turn favelas into fortresses

Police demolition squads fighting back against fortifications, while one local artist is using barriers as canvas to symbolise hoped-for peaceDeep in a mosaic of redbrick favelas on the fringes of Rio, a weapons dealer, a drug smuggler and a crime lord held court on a corner as darkness enveloped the streets they rule.An unnerving arsenal of assault rifles was on show as the trio fielded requests from customers, locals and staff, but the mood was relaxed. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Moment British drug runner brags 'there's zero f*****g risk' in cocaine smuggling... days after his associates crashed boat into beach while trying to outrun Border Force

Alex Fowlie, 35, helped engineer a plan to bring the vast quantity of drugs from South America on a cargo vessel across the Atlantic before dumping them in water tight bales into the English Channel.

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8 d. ago Wigan 'drug mule' flew to Thailand as part of 'international smuggling ring'

A total of 10 people have been sentenced following a police probe

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3 w. ago Pilot's chilling final words over tannoy before 183 passengers killed in fireball crash

Captain Zygmunt Pawlaczyk of LOT Polish Airlines Flight 5055 conveyed a harrowing goodbye over the aircraft's speaker system: "Good night! Goodbye! Bye, we're dying!"

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3 w. ago Violent cult that became the world's most feared mafia: The Black Axe gang tortures new recruits in a naked blood

It is a sinister organised crime group (pictured) whose bloodthirsty henchmen routinely engage in drug smuggling, human trafficking, kidnapping, extortion, rape and murder.

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3 w. ago Drug smuggling siblings caught at UK airport with £5m of cocaine after mum recruited them

Farzana Kauser, 54, used five of her children to smuggle drugs from Cancun in Mexico through to Birmingham Airport. Two of the children were teenagers at the time of the offences

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3 w. ago Gun runner from mob with tentacles all over Britain that supplied underworld thugs with weapons, drugs and bombs is found DEAD in jail

EXCLUSIVE: Notorious gun runner and drug smuggler Barry Kelly, 32, (pictured) has been found dead in prison, MailOnline can reveal.

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3 w. ago Chilling final wish of drug smuggling Brit mum who faces death by firing squad

Lindsay Sandiford, 69, was sentenced to death by firing squad in Indonesia after being caught smuggling cocaine into Bali

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3 w. ago Summer barbecue safety warning after nurse 'nearly burns to death' in her own garden: 'It could happen to anyone'

A nurse has issued a warning about the perils of fire pits and barbecues after she almost burnt to death in an accident that saw her skin melt off her body.

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3 w. ago Grieving mum of Brit found dead in Spain is convinced her son was 'murdered'

Father-of-one Brett Dryden, 35, was tragically found dead at his home in Spain. His mother Sandra Adams is calling for justice following the anniversary of his death

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3 w. ago Mum of missing Brit receives chilling mystery messages year after son vanished

Michael Frison, 26, vanished while camping in Sardinia, Italy - and his mum believes he was with Jersey-born Niomi Orlandini, who he met online in July 2024.

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