96 m. ago Revealed: The EncroChat messages that got cocaine gang jailed for 65 years as they flooded Britain's streets with £81m of 'Rolex'

Messages sent by gang leader Redon Bushi showed his plans to supply a minimum of 832kg of cocaine, with a street value of up to £81,640,000, across London and the UK.

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6 h. ago Salford gangster Jamie Rothwell faces lengthy jail sentence after admitting gun and drug crimes

The prominent criminal appeared in court under armed guard

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8 h. ago Gang who smuggled £81m of cocaine into Britain as they flooded the streets with class A drugs are jailed for 65 years

Redon Bushi (pictured), 32, from Brentford, west London, was found to be acting as the leader of the group over a number of years.

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9 h. ago ‘Rolex’ drugs kingpin who ran huge £82 million cocaine empire on Encrochat jailed

Redon Bushi, 32, was unaware his encrypted messages were being read by police

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33 h. ago Drug traffickers jailed after cocaine sting found County Lines supply dens in Aberdeen

Dean Alford, 31, and Rory Morgan, 32, were caught in a police raid in Aberdeen flats with drugs and a quanity of cash.

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44 h. ago Drug smuggler, 63, who brought 100kg of ketamine into the UK in a motorhome is jailed

Russell King, 63, stored four bin bags of the Class B drug in compartments within the motorhome before crossing the North Sea by ferry from Rotterdam to Hull.

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52 h. ago Britain's jails are being overrun by drugs: Prison watchdog warns of 'uncontrollable levels of criminality' behind bars as inmates spend 22 hours a day in cells 'high and watching daytime TV'

Chief inspector of prisons Charlie Taylor said inmates were able to order from a 'menu' of illicit substances while sitting in their cells for 22 hours a day.

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54 h. ago Pair who turned two Scots flats into drug supply dens jailed

Drugs recovered from both flats had an approximate total value of up to £40,155.

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67 h. ago Drone drug drops fuelling 'uncontrollable levels of criminality' in prisons

Organised crime gangs are flying illegal drugs into jails causing increased violence and a threat that needs to be taken seriously at the highest levels of Government, watchdog warns

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3 d. ago Paramedic jailed for 10 years for secretly giving woman abortion drug during sex

Stephen Doohan caused ‘long-term psychological injury’ to his victim, judge tells high court in Glasgow A paramedic who tricked a woman into having an abortion by secretly inserting drugs inside her during sex has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.Stephen Doohan, 33, was married when he met the woman on holiday in Spain in 2021 and began a long-distance relationship. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Twisted paramedic jailed for forcing abortion drugs into woman during sex

Stephen Doohan, who previously featured in BBC documentary Paramedics on Scene, researched which drug to insert into a woman he was having an affair with after she told him she was pregnant

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3 d. ago Edinburgh paramedic who secretly gave woman abortion drug jailed for 10 years

He had researched about abortion after the woman told him she was pregnant.

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3 d. ago Paramedic jailed for spiking pregnant lover with abortion drug

He left his victim ‘facing a lifetime of pain and loss’

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3 d. ago Sick paramedic who secretly gave abortion drug to woman pregnant with his baby jailed

The woman has said she can "begin to move forward" after getting justice for her "angel" baby.

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3 d. ago Anne Reid says Coronation Street pigeonholed her into working class roles

Actor said she was left ‘so frustrated’ by ITV soap

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4 d. ago Drugs crisis in jails ‘worse than ever’ as seizures by prison officers near record

Exclusive: Blue-light emergency responses now ‘a normal part of life’ in prison, experts warn

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6 d. ago Eight men jailed for involvement in Ireland’s largest drugs haul

They received sentences varying in length from 13 and a half years to 20 years on Friday.

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6 d. ago Man jailed for theft and drug offences died days later in prison

Steven Dean Sargeant, who played for Swansea City’s development sides as a youngster, had a history of alcohol and substance misuse

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6 d. ago Eight men jailed for involvement in Ireland’s largest ever drugs haul

They received sentences varying in length from 13 and a half years to 20 years on Friday.

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6 d. ago Eight jailed for 129 years over €157m drug plot that saw cocaine haul seized from ship

Eight men were sentenced on Friday for their roles in trying to smuggle cocaine worth more than 157 million euro in the drug trafficking operation on the MV Matthew

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