4 h. ago Border Force seizes enormous £100m cocaine shipment at London port

An massive haul was discovered hidden beneath containers on a ship arriving at London Gateway port from Panama, the Home Office said.

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4 h. ago Cocaine worth £100m seized by Border Force officers in huge port bust

It is the sixth-largest cocaine haul found since records began.

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5 h. ago BREAKING Major £96 cocaine haul seized at UK port in one of biggest drugs busts in years

This is a breaking news story and is constantly being updated as the story develops

Economics

5 h. ago Major £96m cocaine haul seized at UK port in one of biggest drugs busts in years

A huge drug haul was found under containers on a ship arriving into London Gateway port from Panama, a Home Office spokesperson said

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5 h. ago Border Force busts 'one of biggest drug hauls in UK history' as £96MILLION of cocaine found at port

Officers made one of the biggest drug hauls in UK history after they tracked a container ship coming into the UK from Panama, with 2.4 tonnes of cocaine being seized

Economics

7 h. ago Border Force seizes £96m cocaine haul at London Gateway in one of UK’s biggest busts

The 2.4 tonne find marks the sixth-largest cocaine seizure since records began.

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3 d. ago I had a demon inside me... sex abuse fed the monster and drove my horrific crimes: One of Britain's biggest drug smugglers who was jailed with Reggie Kray comes clean

'When I got involved with crime, I loved it,' Michael admitted. 'It was exciting. People say: "How can you like criminality?" I'm not saying I like the action of crime - I liked the feeling, the high it brought.'

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9 d. ago Longtime DEA informant charged in alleged scheme to extort high

A drug informant who helped the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration build some of its biggest cases has been arrested and charged with scheming to extort major cocaine traffickers facing extradition from Colombia and the Dominican Republic

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2 w. ago Brit facing death penalty over Angel Delight cocaine haul insists she was framed

Lisa Stocker, 39, is currently on trial at Denpasar central court where she told a jury she had been "framed" after cops arrested her and her partner at the airport entering Bali

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2 w. ago Greta Thunberg Gaza flotilla reaches port after being seized by Israel

Activists face deportation after British-flagged vessel Madleen intercepted by Israeli military en route to Gaza

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2 w. ago The gripping, emotive tale of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira’s disappearance: best podcasts of the week

An evocative deep dive into the environmental journalist and Brazilian Indigenous defender going missing in the Amazon. Plus, Richard Ayoade teams up with Warwick Davis, while Amber Rudd has some inside info to share This six-episode Guardian podcast opens with evocative descriptions of dense Amazonian jungle teeming with macaws, jaguars and howler monkeys. But the pastoral beauty soon gives way to fear, as we hear about the disappearance of environmental journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian Indigenous defender Bruno Pereira in a tale that pits them against the forces that run one of the world’s biggest drug-smuggling routes. This gripping investigation tries to get to the bottom of what happened and, given that it’s hosted by Phillips’s friend, the Guardian’s Latin America correspondent Tom Phillips, does so in a movingly personal manner. Alexi DugginsEpisodes weekly, Widely available Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Inside the high street so bad locals call it 'St Awful': How Cornwall's biggest town has a problem with drugs, homelessness and empty shops

The town's reputation has become so bad that locals have cruelly dubbed it 'St Awful' and this week told MailOnline they now fear to walk down the high street.

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