23 h. ago Dealer found with £10,000 worth of drugs argues with judge about their valuation

He told the court a drug expert was 's*** at his job' and said: 'If they were worth that amount I would be rich'

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3 d. ago Inside the lavish lives of the glam drug smuggling pals caught with £160,000 worth of cannabis in their luggage

Pals Sophie Bannister and Levi-April Whalley from Blackburn, were snared with 35kg of the Class B drug in their luggage as they returned from a trip to New York in December 2023.

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4 d. ago Man arrested after recovery of drugs worth up to £200,000 in Livingston

Officers executed a warrant at a property on Park Place around 10am on Tuesday, April 1.

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5 d. ago Judge rules Mahmoud Khalil’s deportation case must continue in New Jersey

Ruling does not guarantee Columbia University protester will be moved out of a detention facility in LouisianaA federal judge has ruled that the legal battle over Mahmoud Khalil’s deportation should continue to play out in New Jersey, rejecting the Trump administration’s bid to transfer the Columbia University protester’s case to Louisiana.In a written decision on Tuesday, the US district judge Michael Farbiarz in Newark said the jurisdiction over the case should remain in New Jersey since Khalil was being held there at the time his lawyers filed their habeas corpus petition. The judge described the government’s argument otherwise as “unpersuasive”. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Antiques dealer who asked female employee why she wants to work is ordered to pay her £55,000 compensation

Antiques dealer John Wellington has been ordered to pay £55,000 to female sales assistant Audrey Pereira after he quizzed her when she started working at his jewellery shop in Windsor.

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7 d. ago 'Greater Manchester Police thought I was a drug dealer because I have tattoos, Turkey teeth and a £100,000 Audi'

Zac Cooper, 27, has told how traffic cops swooped when he pulled into his local supermarket and seized his pride and joy

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8 d. ago Drug dealer found with more than £1,000 worth of crack cocaine at partner's home

Jonathan Hayton, 45, was also found in possession of more than £2,000 and his phone indicated he had been dealing in crack cocaine.

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9 d. ago Federal judge to consider releasing immigration activist who took refuge in churches

A federal judge in Denver is set to hear arguments over whether an immigration and labor activist who took refuge in Colorado churches to avoid deportation during the first Trump administration should be freed from detention

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1 week ago Drug dealer and accomplice found with £2,000 worth of cocaine in car

Luke Cooper, 29, and Jade Ali, 35, were stopped in the latter's Hyundai vehicle and were found in possession of the class A drug.

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1 week ago ‘Nazis got better treatment’: Appeals court judges skeptical of Trump arguments to deport Venezuelans

Judges question whether government can deport alleged Tren de Aragua members without chance to challenge removal

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1 week ago Trump asks supreme court to halt ruling ordering the rehiring of federal workers

Appeal argues US judge William Alsup can’t force executive branch to rehire some 16,000 probationary employeesUS politics live – latest updatesThe Trump administration asked the supreme court on Monday to halt a ruling ordering the rehiring of thousands of federal workers let go in mass firings aimed at dramatically downsizing the federal government.The emergency appeal argues that the judge can’t force the executive branch to rehire some 16,000 probationary employees. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago South American drug gangs dropping tens of millions of pounds worth of cocaine into sea around Wales

The Border Force say the smuggling tactic is a 'significant and persistent threat'

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2 w. ago Judge reprimands ‘disrespectful’ Trump administration attorneys in Alien Enemies Act case

Judge Boasberg is skeptical of ‘alarming’ arguments to defend swift removals of suspected gang members

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2 w. ago Cocaine and cannabis worth £17k seized in drugs bust in Scots town

Two men have been arrested following recovery of the drugs by cops.

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2 w. ago Pensioner kept out of trouble for more than 60 years but now he's in a prison cell

Graham Jones, 65, had never been in trouble with the law before he entered into a 'lucrative business' dealing drugs worth tens of thousands of pounds from his home in Birkenhead

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2 w. ago He made £800,000 from dealing drugs but only has to pay back £200

Rhydian Charles, 27, was a member of the group led by Tufial Akthar, 41, from which drugs worth up to £219,000 was seized by police.

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2 w. ago Judge incredulous in Trump deportation case as administration lawyers argue verbal court order isn’t binding – as it happened

This blog has now closed. You can read more of our US politics coverage hereWhite House denies violating judge’s order with Venezuela deportationsWhat is the Alien Enemies Act and how is Trump using it?The justice department says that Rasha Alawieh, a kidney specialist working in Rhode Island who was deported to Lebanon despite having a US visa, had “sympathetic” photos and videos of Hezbollah leaders on her phone, according to Politico.Alawieh’s deportation raised concerns because a judge had required 48 hours’ notice before being sent out of the country, and because she was detained despite having a valid visa and a job in the United States. Her lawyers have alleged that Customs and Border Protection ignored that order, and Massachusetts federal judge Leo Sorokin is expected to consider the matter this morning. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Judge incredulous in Trump deportation case as administration lawyers argue verbal court order isn’t binding – live

Judge in Trump deportation case calls administration lawyers’ argument a ‘heck of a stretch’White House denies violating judge’s order with Venezuela deportationsWhat is the Alien Enemies Act and how is Trump using it?The justice department says that Rasha Alawieh, a kidney specialist working in Rhode Island who was deported to Lebanon despite having a US visa, had “sympathetic” photos and videos of Hezbollah leaders on her phone, according to Politico.Alawieh’s deportation raised concerns because a judge had required 48 hours’ notice before being sent out of the country, and because she was detained despite having a valid visa and a job in the United States. Her lawyers have alleged that Customs and Border Protection ignored that order, and Massachusetts federal judge Leo Sorokin is expected to consider the matter this morning. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Judge in Trump deportation case calls administration lawyers’ argument a ‘heck of a stretch’ – live

Trump administration lawyers argue they only had to comply with judge’s written order, not the order made orally during hearingWhite House denies violating judge’s order with Venezuela deportationsWhat is the Alien Enemies Act and how is Trump using it?The justice department says that Rasha Alawieh, a kidney specialist working in Rhode Island who was deported to Lebanon despite having a US visa, had “sympathetic” photos and videos of Hezbollah leaders on her phone, according to Politico.Alawieh’s deportation raised concerns because a judge had required 48 hours’ notice before being sent out of the country, and because she was detained despite having a valid visa and a job in the United States. Her lawyers have alleged that Customs and Border Protection ignored that order, and Massachusetts federal judge Leo Sorokin is expected to consider the matter this morning. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Trump administration argues order blocking deportation flights ‘not enforceable’ and seeks removal of judge in case – live

Judge also denied Trump administration lawyers attempt to cancel hearing on disputed deportation of more than 200 alleged Venezuelan gang membersWhite House denies violating judge’s order with Venezuela deportationsWhat is the Alien Enemies Act and how is Trump using it?The justice department says that Rasha Alawieh, a kidney specialist working in Rhode Island who was deported to Lebanon despite having a US visa, had “sympathetic” photos and videos of Hezbollah leaders on her phone, according to Politico.Alawieh’s deportation raised concerns because a judge had required 48 hours’ notice before being sent out of the country, and because she was detained despite having a valid visa and a job in the United States. Her lawyers have alleged that Customs and Border Protection ignored that order, and Massachusetts federal judge Leo Sorokin is expected to consider the matter this morning. Continue reading...

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