15 h. ago Men who tried to smuggle £35k cocaine haul on boat jailed for 90 years

Investigators say the drugs would likely have "blighted countless lives and communities".

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29 h. ago Drugs gang import £7m of crystal meth disguised as weight loss shakes

Six members of a drug gang have been jailed after more than £7 million of crystal meth was smuggled into the UK, disguised as weight loss shakes.

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36 h. ago Drugs smuggling gang who bragged about luxury holidays, watches and designer clothes paid for by £7m crystal meth 'weight loss shakes' operation are jailed for nearly 50 years

Ringleader of the gang Davante James flaunted his wealth and lavish lifestyle, which included exotic holidays, on social media prior to his arrest.

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6 d. ago People smugglers jailed after five migrants discovered hidden in van

Border Force officers searching the pair’s unregistered van discovered the five migrants underneath an old mattress, clothing and motorbike parts.

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8 d. ago Speeding Mercedes driver inhaled laughing gas before ploughing into frail pensioner

Convicted drug trafficker Washe Manyatelo struck Annette Dixon as she got off of a bus in Edinburgh.

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8 d. ago Ben & Jerry’s Are Throwing A Music Festival In London This Summer With Unlimited Ice Cream

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9 d. ago New London woman accused of performing cosmetic procedures in apartment now in ICE custody

New London woman accused of performing cosmetic procedures in apartment now in ICE custody  The Day

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1 week ago Prison officer 'had sexual relations with two inmates and plotted to smuggle drugs into jail'

Isabelle Dale, 23, has appeared in court over her alleged fling with Shahid Sharif, 33, in high security HMP Swaleside on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent, between September 2021 and December 2022

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1 week ago Pregnant mum arrested for drug smuggling while visiting boyfriend in jail

The contraband was hidden inside the hollowed out soles of a pair of Nike trainers.

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1 week ago Female prison officer, 23, charged with having sexual relationships with two inmates at same time and smuggling drugs into high

A female prison officer has been charged with having sexual relationships with two convicts. Isabelle Dale, 23, is also accused of conspiring to smuggle drugs into a high security jail.

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1 week ago Pair jailed over bid to smuggle £1.5m of drugs into UK in crates of watermelons

Scott McSeveney and Steven Lawson, both from Shotts, were both sentenced at the High Court in Glasgow on Friday.

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2 w. ago Drug trafficker who scalped woman can only pay back £1 of his criminal gains

Woodford was also charged with the murder of 31-year-old pilot Jason Osu, but slashed his throat midway through the trial and refused to answer questions when giving evidence.

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2 w. ago Former champion boxer who helped £140m cocaine smuggling gang in EncroChat conspiracy is jailed for eight years

Ex-British boxing champion Carl 'Dynamite' Dilks used an encrypted communications platform to traffic wholesale quantities of cocaine.

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2 w. ago Raver jailed after trying to smuggle drugs into Creamfields inside Irn

Blake Holmes from Dalkeith has been jailed for 32 months in prison after he attempted to smuggle MDMA, ketamine and cocaine into the popular dance music festival in Darlesbury.

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2 w. ago 'Stupid' drug trafficker, 24, who posed with a shotgun and used bullets to spell out his name is jailed

Police in Liverpool linked Joshua Caldwell to the major drugs conspiracy after having previously found images of firearms on a confiscated phone.

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2 w. ago 'Stupid' drug trafficker posed with shotgun and spelt out his initials with bullets

Gang member Joshua Caldwell was found to be linked to a major drugs conspiracy after pictures of firearms were discovered on a seized phone.

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2 w. ago 'Stupid' drug trafficker who posed with shotgun found with cocaine in his underwear

Joshua Caldwell was identified due to his 'distinctive' eyebrows

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2 w. ago ‘Kush destroys them’: the Guinean rehab clinic tackling a drug epidemic

Experts say a crisis is under way in Guinea, fuelled by a growing market run by cross-border trafficking syndicatesAt Guinea’s only private drug rehabilitation clinic, Dr Marie Koumbassa and her 15-person team are so convinced that drug use is a national emergency that they work for no pay.Every week, SAJED-Guinée (Service for Helping Young People in Difficult Situations due to Drugs) receives dozens of distress calls from relatives of addicts who are then taken to the facility in the working-class Conakry neighbourhood of Dabompa. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Ice cream vans could be banned near Greenwich Park after council row

Plans to prohibit ice cream vans from trading on a street next to Greenwich Park are one step closer to fruition in the latest chapter of a drawn-out saga that has already cost the taxpayer thousands.

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3 w. ago Drugs courier who smuggled £5.6m of cocaine into Scotland jailed

Kristopher Purvis, 35, of Durham, was sentenced to 10 years behind bars at the High Court in Edinburgh on Wednesday.

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