5 h. ago Inmates are having Mounjaro delivered to their cells using drones, says prison governor

At HMP Edinburgh flying delivery machines are regularly used to smuggle weapons, drugs and mobile phones into jails and now even weight loss jabs and tooth whitening strips

Events

30 h. ago Brit 'drug mule' in Thailand trial from 'millionaire family' and went to '£70k school'

'Mild-mannered' George Wilson, 23, was nicked at Bangkok's airport with 9.1kg of alleged crystal meth - officials believe the incident is part of a 'drug smuggling network'

Economics

35 h. ago British tourist faces death penalty after being arrested for drug smuggling in Thailand

Thai police allege George Wilson, 23, received suitcase containing narcotics from another Briton to deliver it abroad

Events

49 h. ago Man, 20, jailed for attempting to smuggle drugs into Creamfields

Breeze initially claimed that all of the drugs were for personal use

Events

57 h. ago Man caught out after suspiciously wearing two pairs of trousers to work

The prison contractor attempted to smuggle thousands of pounds of drugs into HMP Liverpool to fund his gambling addiction but he was caught out by a sniffer dog

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3 d. ago Moment Brit, 23, 'is found with 9kg of crystal meth in his suitcase by Thai police': UK tourist is latest to be accused of smuggling drugs out of the country

A British tourist is facing the death penalty for allegedly attempting to smuggle a suitcase full of crystal meth out of Thailand.

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3 d. ago Men in wet clothes claiming to be Camino pilgrims arrested over alleged ‘narco

Three men had fled in taxi after allegedly piloting vessel carrying 3.65 tonnes of cocaine to Galicia, Spanish police sayPolice in Spain have arrested three men thought to have piloted a “narco-submarine” carrying more than 3.6 tonnes of cocaine from South America to the north-western region of Galicia, after the trio’s wet clothes and claims to be pilgrims walking the Camino de Santiago raised suspicions.The investigation, which has led to a total of 14 arrests, began in August after Policía Nacional officers, working with the US Drug Enforcement Agency, detected an alleged drug-smuggling gang based in the Galician town of Outes that was said to be concealing its activities by posing as a company selling and repairing nautical equipment. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Scots jail bosses wash pants sent to cons to fight prison drugs trade

In a bid to stop drug smuggling, it has been revealed that prison staff have been washing all pants sent to inmates.

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5 d. ago Drug kingpin arrested while partying at Ibiza nightclub for £20m narcotics ring he ran with glam ex

A DRUG kingpin arrested while partying at an Ibiza nightclub for a £20 million drug ring he ran with his ex-girlfriend has been jailed. The couple from Merseyside plotted to smuggle over 300 kilos of drugs in two lorries in the summer of 2022. Eddie Burton, 23, from Liverpool was jailed for 19 years at...

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6 d. ago Murderer's mum tried to smuggle drugs into prison in her pants

Kelly Wright was caught trying to take cocaine, ecstasy, amphetamine and cannabis to her son at HMP Lowdham Grange.

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6 d. ago More than $156 million of cocaine seized in drug smuggling boats bust

More than $156 million of cocaine has been seized by the Coast Guard in San Diego.

Economics

6 d. ago The Brits who shame us around the world: Global tourist hotspots where law

Brits Abroad has long been shorthand for chaos, from nightclub beatdowns and brawls over sun loungers to rape and murder charges at tourist hotspots around the world.

Society

8 d. ago Japanese court rejects an appeal by Australian who says she was tricked into smuggling drugs

A Japanese court on Thursday dismissed an appeal by an Australian woman in a drug smuggling case, upholding a six-year prison sentence by a lower court

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8 d. ago Donald Trump must face criminal proceedings for deadly strikes carried out on drug smuggler boats in the Caribbean, UN is told

Colombia's leader condemned three attacks this month, which were defended as operations against drug traffickers. He accused the former president of criminalising poverty and migration.

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1 week ago Trump shares video of ‘deadly strike’ against alleged drug smugglers

President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social Friday evening (19 September) that the U.S had carried out a third strike on an alleged drug smuggling vessel.

Events

1 week ago US military conducts third fatal strike on alleged drug smuggling vessel

Earlier attacks targeted alleged Venezuelan cartels that Trump claims were trafficking narcotics

Events

2 w. ago Drug gang behind bars after dramatic cop chase on popular Cornwall beach

A group of drug smugglers have been sentenced after they were chased for 28 miles off the coast of Cornwall before trying to escape on a beach in Penzance

Events

3 w. ago Man who tried to smuggle £1m of cocaine inside wheelchair is jailed

Casimiro De Lemos Francisco, who is not disabled, travelled through Manchester Airport in the drugs-laden wheelchair earlier this year

Economics

3 w. ago 'Disabled' man caught smuggling cocaine into UK hidden inside electric wheelchair

Casimiro De Lemos Francisco posed as disabled in the drug smuggling plot

Events

3 w. ago Birthday boy 'acted stupidly' by landing at Manchester Airport with what he did

Bradley Else celebrated his 26th by smuggling drugs

Politics