21 h. ago How young Brits really become drug mules as expert reveals truth on dark underworld

As numerous Brits find themselves holed up in jail abroad, The Mirror speaks to former law enforcement professional Matt Lockyer to gain insights on how people actually end up a drug mule

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28 h. ago Absolute idiot caught dealing cannabis two times after police raided his home

Liam Donnelly, 47, was found in possession of more than £10,000 worth of cannabis, as well as messages related to cannabis supply on his phone.

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61 h. ago 'Honeymoon' drug mule couple hug and kiss in court as they are jailed after being caught at UK airport with £99,000 of cannabis stuffed in their suitcases

Jeng Chow, 30, and Ley Wat, 25, were travelling from their native Malaysia with 28 vacuum-sealed packages of marijuana and had even made a stop over in Qatar.

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4 d. ago Greater Manchester couple charged with drugs smuggling after Heathrow Airport arrest

The pair were allegedly caught with cannabis worth £1 million after returning from Thailand

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4 d. ago Brits 'caught with £1m of cannabis' after Thailand holiday arrested at Heathrow Airport

A couple were charged with trying to smuggle £1million worth of cannabis into the UK after being stopped at Heathrow Airport in the latest crime bust after a string of drug-related crime

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4 d. ago Couple busted with £1m of drugs in luggage at airport in drug mule fears

Daniel McDonald and Sian Warren were arrested at Heathrow Airport.

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5 d. ago Brit couple found with £1m of cannabis in luggage in latest 'drug mule' fears

Sian Warren, 34, and Daniel McDonald, 36, from Salford, have been accused of trying to smuggle cannabis valued at £1million through Heathrow Airport on their way back from Thailand

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7 d. ago The 13 Brits banged up abroad amid alarm over 'drug mule' explosion

There's mounting concern among police and border force officials about the rise in Britons being detained over drugs trafficking

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8 d. ago Drugs mule caught with £1m cannabis haul 'stuffed in suitcases' at Cairnryan port

Chace Cappellie tried to traffick the class B drug via his vehicle from a Stena Line ferry from Belfast to Cairnryan.

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9 d. ago Scots drugs mule involved in £7m heroin plot ordered to pay back £42,000 dirty cash

Christopher Heaney, from Anstruther in Fife, was jailed for nine years for his involvement in a £7m cross-border heroin conspiracy last year.

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1 week ago Mystery of Brit 'drug mule' explosion as 13 in hellhole jails with some facing death

A dramatic surge in the number of Brits arrested for drug smuggling around the world has triggered mounting alarm among police and border force officials as 13 languish in hellhole jails

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1 week ago Bizarre 'drug mule' explosion as 13 Brits in hellhole prisons and facing death

The arrests of a number of Brits abroad in recent months has shone a spotlight on the worrying trend of criminal networks targeting ordinary UK citizens to act as drug mules.

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1 week ago Alarm at soaring number of 'smuggling' Brits arrested abroad in 'drug mule crisis'

An alarming explosion in the number of Brits arrested for drug smuggling abroad has raised fresh concerns about the growing use of UK citizens as international drug mules

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1 week ago Brit model, 36, faces jail after 'caught smuggling nearly £200k worth of Thai cannabis'

An Only Fans star was busted after trying to smuggle thousands of cannabis over the boarder into a popular tourist hotspot in Spain, with documents claiming she could be locked up for years

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1 week ago OnlyFans model, 36, 'caught trying to smuggle nearly £200k worth of Thai cannabis into Spain'

Clara Wilson, 36, has been charged with drug offences after '60 vacuum-packed packages' of cannabis was found in her two suitcases at El Prat airport in Barcelona.

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1 week ago Daughter of notorious drugs lord banned from driving after being caught high on cocaine and cannabis from earlier binge

Hannah Brookhouse, 27, tested more than twice the limit for a breakdown product of cocaine after police pulled her Q3 vehicle over at lunchtime in Warrington, Cheshire.

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1 week ago British pensioner 'drug mule', 79, arrested in Chile claims Mexican gang promised him £3.7million to carry suitcase with 5kg of crystal meth

A British pensioner has been arrested in Chile after a Mexican gang allegedly promised him £3.7million to smuggle a suitcase of crystal meth.

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1 week ago Brit pensioner 'drug mule' claims Mexican gang promised him £3.7m to carry case

The 79-year-old was stopped by custom officers at Santiago International Airport after landing on a flight from Cancun, Mexico - police say claimed he had no idea how the crystal meth ended up in his luggage

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2 w. ago Holidaymakers caught smuggling 37kg of cannabis after dream Thai trip

A judge later described their actions as 'naïve and stupid'

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2 w. ago London 'drug mule' tears up as she appears in court in Sri Lanka accused of smuggling £1.2 million of super

Charlotte May Lee, 21, was arrested at Bandaranaike Airport on May 11

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