64 h. ago Fugitive Liverpool 'drug trafficker' wanted for 'smuggling cocaine and heroin' arrested in Holland after five

Francis Coggins, 60, was held outside a residential property in the coastal town of Zandvoort on Tuesday.

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3 d. 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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3 d. 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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3 d. ago 'Drug smuggling' mum arrested at German airport after police spot 'red flag'

Cameron Bradford is the fifth young British woman to be detained abroad facing drugs charges in recent months.

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3 d. ago 'Missing' Brit, 21, arrested at airport over 'drug smuggling' as police spot 'red flag'

Cameron Bradford, 21 and from Hertfordshire, has been detained in Munich on suspicion of smuggling cannabis after police spotted a 'red flag' relating to her plans

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3 d. ago Six arrested in dawn raids on suspicion of smuggling hundreds of migrants into UK to work in care homes

An alleged organised crime boss was among those apprehended

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3 d. ago 'Drug smuggling' Brit, 21, arrested at airport after German cops spot 'red flag'

Cameron Bradford, a 21-year-old mother of one, has been detained in Munich, Germany on suspicion of smuggling cannabis - she's the latest young British woman to face drugs charges overseas

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3 d. ago Two Chinese scientists arrested for smuggling ‘potential agroterrorism weapon’ into US

Investigators say the pathogen can attack wheat, barley, maize and rice and sicken livestock and people

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4 d. ago Potential ‘agroterrorism weapon’ fungus smuggled into US by Chinese scientists, FBI alleges

Yunqing Jian and Zunyong Liu charged after allegedly smuggling a fungus to US that can cause serious illness and billions of dollars in crop lossesTwo Chinese scientists have been charged with smuggling a toxic fungus into the United States that they planned to research at an American university, the justice department has said.Yunqing Jian, 33, and Zunyong Liu, 34, are charged with conspiracy, smuggling, false statements, and visa fraud, the US attorney’s office for the eastern district of Michigan said in a statement on Tuesday. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Six arrested on suspicion of smuggling hundreds of migrants into UK to work in care homes

An alleged organised crime boss was among those apprehended in a series of dawn raids on Tuesday

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1 week ago Brit pensioner 'arrested in Chile after trying to smuggle 5kg of meth'

The 79-year-old man, who authorities have been named, was arrested at Santiago Airport in Chile, where he had arrived on a flight from the Mexican resort of Cancun

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1 week ago Drug gangs 'grooming' young Brits with proven tactic as they flock to 'booming' Golden Triangle

Organised crime expert Nathan Paul Southern says the spate of British young people getting arrested for drug smuggling is no coincidence as Southeast Asia's booming drugs production overtakes the rest of the world

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1 week ago Australian man who could face the death penalty in Bali after allegedly being busted with 1.8kg of cocaine is identified

An Australian who has been arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle cocaine into Indonesia has been unmasked as a Cairns businessman.

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1 week ago Indonesian police arrest an Australian man for allegedly smuggling cocaine to Bali

Indonesian police said on Monday they arrested an Australian for allegedly smuggling cocaine on the tourist island of Bali, a charge that could carry the death penalty

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1 week ago Australian man could face the death penalty in Bali after allegedly smuggling more than 1.5kg of cocaine into the country

An Australian man has been arrested in Bali accused of smuggling more than 1.5kg of cocaine into Indonesia.

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2 w. ago British woman, 23, is arrested 'after being caught trying to smuggle 18 kilos of cannabis out of Ghana and into Britain on British Airways'

Ghana's Narcotic Control Commission (NACOC) claimed that the young Brit had hidden 32 slabs of substances initially suspected to be a narcotic drug in two suitcases destined for London.

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2 w. ago British teen 'drug mule' locked up in a horror Georgia jail 'is finally reunited with her father' after he jetted to the ex

Bella Culley, 18, was arrested after she allegedly tried to smuggle 14kg of cannabis into the country earlier this month.

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2 w. ago Glamorous British 'drug mule' is seen posing for her police mugshot moments after she was arrested for 'smuggling'

Pictures exclusively revealed by MailOnline show the former TUI cabin crew member, 21, in an all white ensemble with gem-studded sandals as she stood at Colombo's Police Narcotic Unit.

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2 w. ago All we know about Brit 'drug smuggler' Charlotte May Lee's jail hell as spicy prison meals make her sick

Former TUI stewardess, Charlotte May Lee, has been arrested in Sri Lanka and accused of smuggling £1.2 million of drugs into the country – here is everything we know

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2 w. ago Young British woman held on drug charges in Sri Lanka could be linked to Culley case

Charlotte May Lee, 21, from south London, flew from the same Bangkok airport as Bella May Culley, who was arrested a day earlierWithin a day of Bella May Culley being arrested at a Georgian airport for allegedly trying to smuggle 14kg of cannabis, the same fate met another Briton 3,000 miles away.As Charlotte May Lee stepped off her flight at Bandaranaike International airport in Colombo, Sri Lanka last Monday, the 21-year-old former cabin attendant was arrested for an alleged attempt to bring in £1.2m worth of a synthetic cannabis strain known as kush in her two suitcases. Continue reading...

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