31 h. ago Man with knife and electric drill 'shouting and screaming' in street smashed up his own flat

Carl Pascoe's behaviour caused a neighbour to suffer a panic attack. He told police after he was arrested that he had taken £100 worth of cocaine

Science

59 h. ago Drug mule with £6m worth of cocaine claimed he 'only had Sombreros'

But customs officials uncovered the stash in Kristopher Purvis' luggage after a Mexican stand off at Edinburgh Airport

Economics

3 d. ago Smuggler who took £5m coke haul from Mexico to Edinburgh and claimed he only had sombreros jailed

Kristopher Purvis carried a bag full of sombreros through Edinburgh Airport, claiming they were the only items he had picked up on his trip.

Economics

5 d. ago Driver who crashed his car in Wishaw found to be transporting cocaine worth £22,000

Stuart Paton, 39, admitted being concerned in the supply of the Class A drug in Castlehill Road on October 15, 2023.

Events

7 d. ago How drug traffickers used foie gras and duck breast to conceal £8m worth of cocaine

Officers said using foie gras and duck breast as a cover was ‘highly unusual’

Economics

8 d. ago Drug traffickers used foie gras and duck breast to smuggle 97kg of cocaine worth £8m across the Channel in the back of a transit van

The group tried to bring in the drugs by entering Newhaven in East Sussex from Dieppe in northern France in November 2019.

Economics

9 d. ago Drug smuggler hid cocaine worth £22.8m under dry ice he claimed was for London hospital

Bart Verschueren has been jailed for 18 years for the smuggling plot

Economics

1 week ago Glamorous drug mule 'groomed' by gangs wants to tour UK schools

Glam Levi-April Whalley, 31, and her friend Sophie Bannister were caught attempting to smuggle over 35kg of cannabis - now Whalley wants to warn others about the dangers of drugs

Events

1 week ago Glamorous drug mule caught trying to smuggle 35kg of cannabis into UK wants to visit SCHOOLS so she can urge kids to stay away from life of crime

Shamed ex-nurse Levi-April Whalley, 31, from Blackburn, Lancashire, said she would like to 'open people's eyes' to the risks of drug smuggling, after she was arrested in 2023.

Events

2 w. ago Cocaine haul worth £1million is found hidden inside electric WHEELCHAIR during security check at Manchester Airport

The discovery was made at Manchester Airport on Sunday in relation to a passenger who flew in from Bridgetown, Barbados.

Economics

2 w. ago Leader of crime group's partner to pay £48k after making £174k from drugs

Aurelia Sterian, 28, was the partner of Tufial Akthar, 41, of Cardiff, who was the leader of a group which was found in possession of £219,000 worth heroin and cocaine.

Economics

2 w. ago Man arrested as police seize '£37,000 worth of cocaine' in North Lanarkshire raid

A 35-year-old man has been arrested and charged in connection with the incident.

Events

2 w. ago Submarine carrying 6.5 tons of cocaine worth £530million is seized with the help of the UK police

The vessel had been heading towards Europe from Brazil when it was intercepted by Portuguese Police in an operation involving the British Crime Agency earlier this week.

Economics

3 w. 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.

Economics

3 w. 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.

Economics

3 w. ago Man, 61, charged with possession of cocaine worth more than 10 million euro

A 61-year-old man has appeared in court charged with possession of 10.6 million euro worth of cocaine.

Politics

4 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'

Events