11 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

17 h. ago Desperate cops launch global manhunt for shadowy underworld's 'Urban Flamingo'

The underworld figure is said to have masterminded the ring from Spain in a operation which saw cocaine smuggled into Britain in consignments of fish, duck and foie gras

Politics

39 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 Authorities say they have charged the leaders of a Mexican organized crime group

Federal authorities said they have indicted the top two leaders of a Mexican drug trafficking organization

Politics

3 d. ago French prisons hit by wave of attacks after clampdown on drug traffickers

Terrorism office launches investigation into assaults including gunmen opening fire on entrance to Toulon jailFrance’s national terrorism office has launched an investigation into a wave of apparently coordinated attacks at multiple prisons across the country believed to be linked to a government clampdown on drug traffickers.Gunmen with automatic weapons opened fire on the entrance to Toulon prison in southern France in the early hours of Tuesday, while in recent days cars have been set alight outside four other jails, and in Marseille a residential building housing prison guards was attacked. Continue reading...

Events

3 d. ago Italian police arrest 24 suspected mafiosi over Naples parking protection racket

Suspects charged for drug and weapon offences as well as scheme in which drivers felt compelled to pay feesItalian police have arrested 24 suspected members of the Camorra – the notorious Neapolitan mafia – on charges of drug trafficking, arms possession and running an illegal parking attendant scheme.According to investigators, several of those arrested on Monday were reportedly affiliated with well-known Camorra families operating in the Fuorigrotta and Chiaia districts of Naples. Some were already serving jail sentences. Continue reading...

Events

4 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

6 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

7 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

7 d. ago Drug trafficker jailed for smuggling £22.8m cocaine in dry ice for 'London hospital'

Bart Verschueren, 40, was sentenced on Thursday at Canterbury Crown Court

Events

8 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 Inside White Lotus island as Mirror reveals dark side of resort targeted by Brit drug traffickers

The vast cannabis farms on Thailand's Koh Samui - where the hit Netflix drama White Lotus was filmed - have sparked a rash of British traffickers arrested for smuggling cannabis

Events

2 w. ago Drug traffickers who ran street valium factory in Scots industrial estate jailed

Kevin Ramage, 64, and Derek Wilson, 36, churned out millions of Etizolam tablets from an industrial unit in West Lothian.

Events

2 w. ago UK's most DANGEROUS gangsters revealed: Britain's FBI reveals which criminals pose the biggest threat to our security as they wield control over money laundering, drug smuggling and human trafficking

EXCLUSIVE: The NCA revealed that mobsters from the country pose the biggest foreign organised crime threat to the UK, a finding that's taken even experts by surprise.

Events

2 w. ago Britain's most dangerous gangsters: Why Chinese criminals now pose biggest threat to UK security as they wield control over money laundering, drug smuggling and human trafficking

EXCLUSIVE: The NCA revealed that mobsters from the country pose the biggest foreign organised crime threat to the UK, a finding that's taken even experts by surprise.

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 Former Medellin Cartel boss released in Colombia after a judge rules his sentence expired

Colombian authorities have released former Medellin Cartel boss Carlos Lehder after a judge ruled that a drug trafficking sentence issued in Colombia against the 75-year-old had expired

Events

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