56 m. ago Airline passenger who pretended to be disabled to smuggle nearly £1m of cocaine into UK in his mobility scooter is jailed

Border forces discovered 11 packages of cocaine weighting up to 12 kgs hidden in the backrest of his wheelchair.

Economics

4 h. ago 'Disabled' man caught smuggling cocaine into UK hidden inside electric wheelchair

Casimiro De Lemos Francisco posed as disabled in the drug smuggling plot

Events

26 h. ago Gang spend years hatching daring plot to smuggle huge amounts of cocaine in yacht race but there was one big problem

The group planned to sail in a transatlantic race with the drugs hidden onboard

Sport

50 h. ago Two British men arrested for ‘trying to smuggle a kilogram of cocaine’ into Bali

Indonesian prosecutors said the men had both met in Spain a week before their arrest

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53 h. ago British pair accused of smuggling cocaine into Bali are paraded handcuffed together as they face possible death penalty

Kial Robinson, 29, and Piran Ezra Wilkinson, 48, both from Chichester, in West Sussex, were photographed at a press conference today at the National Narcotics Agency office in Denpasar.

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53 h. ago Brit, 29, arrested in USA before Manchester Airport flight jailed for six years

The 29-year-old was facing a 60 year sentence for smuggling 43kg of cocaine to Manchester Airport

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56 h. ago Brit drugs mule Kim Hall who faced 60 years for smuggling £15m of cocaine learns fate

Kim Hall, 29, from Middlesbrough, was jailed for six years and was seen leaving court in a grey tracksuit after striking a plea bargain deal - she may even be back home in as little as two years

Economics

57 h. ago Brit caught smuggling £15million of cocaine into America will be home in two years after agreeing plea deal and avoiding 60

Kim Hall, 29, was arrested at Chicago 's O'Hare International Airport last summer when customs officers discovered 43 kilos of the Class A drug stuffed into two suitcases.

Economics

57 h. ago Brit drugs mule Kim Hall who smuggled £15m of cocaine dodges lengthy sentence

Kim Hall, from Middlesbrough, was stopped at Chicago's O'Hare airport after two suitcases were found packed with 43kg of cocaine and was facing up to 60 years behind bars

Economics

62 h. ago Pensioner caught smuggling £640,000 worth of cocaine into UK in mobility scooter

Ronald Lord, 71, was stopped at Gatwick Airport in the UK after flying in from Barbados

Economics

68 h. ago Pensioner who tried to smuggle £600,000 worth of cocaine into the UK by hiding it in his mobility scooter is jailed

Ronald Lord, 71, was handed a six-year prison sentence after being found with eight kilograms of the class A drug in the back seat panel of his scooter when he was stopped at Gatwick Airport.

Economics

3 d. ago Pensioner, 71, smuggled cocaine worth £640,000 into UK hidden in mobility scooter

Ronald Lord was caught at the airport

Economics

3 d. ago Pensioner who smuggled £640,000 worth of cocaine in mobility scooter jailed

Ronald Lord, from Montreal in Canada, was stopped at Gatwick Airport where border force staff found eight kilograms of the drug hidden in his scooter.

Economics

8 d. ago What is phantom energy? The hidden electricity drain explained

Leaving devices plugged in can result in phantom energy, which is the power consumed by appliances that draw electricity even when they’re turned off or not in use

Science

2 w. ago British 'drug mule' who faced 60 years in prison over £15m cocaine haul 'could be freed'

Kim Hall, 29, from Middlesbrough, is accused of smuggling 43kg of cocaine and has been mulling over a plea deal in the US which means she will serve a fraction of the maximum term.

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2 w. ago Brit, 29, facing 60 years in USA jail after Manchester Airport flight arrest 'could be home in 12 months'

Kim Hall is accused of smuggling 43kg of cocaine

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2 w. ago Family of Brit, 29, arrested in USA before Manchester Airport flight home hail 'best news we could have hoped for'

Kim Hall is accused of smuggling 43kg of cocaine

Society

2 w. ago Brit 'drug mule' faced 60 years over £15m cocaine haul, but now 'could be home in year'

Kim Hall, 29, from Middlesbrough, is accused of smuggling 43kg of cocaine and has been mulling over a plea deal in the US which means she will serve a fraction of the maximum term

Economics

2 w. ago Michaella McCollum says being ordered to strip off in prison helped her on Celeb SAS

Michaella McCollum became notorious after she was arrested and imprisoned in Peru after attempting to smuggle 12kg of cocaine but she says life in jail made her stronger

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2 w. ago Gran's chilling final wish as she waits to be executed by firing squad in Bali

Another British woman has been on death row in Bali for 12 years after being caught trying to smuggle 1.6million worth of cocaine into Indonesia

Sport