29 h. ago Woman, 23, who tried to smuggle £800,000 worth of crack cocaine into the UK in a wheel of cheese is jailed

US national Jamie Choi, 23, was stopped by Border Force officers at Heathrow on May 25 after arriving on a flight from Brazil.

Economics

39 h. ago Aukus laws will mean anywhere in Australia could be potential nuclear waste dump, critics say

Greens senator David Shoebridge says communities will have ‘no way to protect the land’ from waste that will be radioactive for millenniaGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastCritics of Australia’s Aukus submarine deal say the government has given itself the power to nominate any place in Australia as a potential nuclear waste dump, without proper consultation with communities and indigenous landowners.Australia has agreed to take sole responsibility for the management, security and storage of all nuclear waste from its fleet of proposed nuclear-powered submarines, including the spent fuel from the submarines’ reactors – high-level nuclear waste that will be radioactive for millennia once the submarines are decommissioned from the early 2050s. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Corrupt Heathrow Airport manager tried to smuggle £2m worth of Colombian cocaine into UK

Junaed Dar, 47, a Heathrow airport security manager, arrived at work three hours before his shift was due to begin in order to try and help a couple smuggle 22kg of cocaine into the UK

Society

8 d. ago Corrupt airport security manager who helped couple 'smuggle' £2m worth of cocaine into the UK from Colombia is jailed

Junaed Dar turned up at Heathrow Airport three hours before his shift to meet Michael Williams, 39, and Jessica Waldron, 38, to help them bring in the 22 kilos of drugs.

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1 week ago Three British women are detained in Mauritius after failed bid to smuggle £4million worth of cannabis into the tropical paradise

Shania Mabel Rosalind Wood, 25, Alethea Jade Demitre, 33, and Chloe Nancy Parker, 18, were arrested in 'one of the largest drug seirzures' at SSR airport in Mauritius on May 29.

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3 w. ago Brit gran facing firing squad for smuggling drugs tells executioners 'get on with it'

Lindsey Sandiford, 69, was arrested in Bali in 2012 for smuggling £1.6 million worth of cocaine and has been in prison ever since. She is now facing the death penalty

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