A port worker who was caught in possession of cocaine as he left work has been jailed for nearly seven years following a National Crime Agency investigation. Ben Whitby, 30, from Grimsby was pulled over by officers from Humberside Police, who were working with the NCA, as he drove away… Read more »
Cash courier jailed for smuggling £12million out of the UK
A Turkish lorry driver has been jailed Friday 12 June 2020 for smuggling over £12 million of criminal cash out of the country over a five month period. Nasuf Nasufoglu, 40, from Istanbul, was targeted as part of an investigation by the joint National Crime Agency and Metropolitan Police Organised… Read more »
Five arrested and £30k seized as part of NCA people smuggling investigation
Five men have been arrested and around £30,000 cash seized as part of a National Crime Agency investigation into the smuggling of migrants into the UK. The five, a 29-year-old Albanian and four Afghan nationals all aged between 39 and 43, were detained by NCA officers on suspicion of facilitating… Read more »
Three arrested as NCA makes record breaking drug seizure in Northern Ireland
Three men have been arrested following the biggest drug seizure ever made in Northern Ireland by the National Crime Agency. Update 5 June 2020 Two men questioned by the National Crime Agency in connection with the seizure of around 600 kilos of cannabis in Northern Ireland have been now bailed… Read more »
Third man sentenced for importing 95 lethal hand guns into UK
A man who conspired with two others to import 95 lethal handguns into the UK has been jailed for more than 15 years, following an investigation by the joint NCA and Metropolitan Police Service Organised Crime Partnership (OCP). Michael Nicholls, 28, from Slough, was found guilty in July 2018 of… Read more »
Fowl play: four jailed for importing hundreds of kilos of cocaine in frozen chicken
Four members of a criminal network have been jailed for a total of over 50 years for transporting hundreds of kilos of cocaine through Kent, stashed in frozen chicken and marrow bones. Thomas Lordan, 38, of Hurst Road, Sidcup; Mehmet Ali, 62, of Ministry Way, Eltham; and Francis Sullivan, 22,… Read more »
Two charged after £1m cocaine recovered from port
Two men have been charged with allegedly breaking into the London Container Terminal in Tilbury to retrieve packages of drugs. National Crime Agency investigators were called in on Tuesday 5 May after port workers spotted suspicious activity and reported it to port police. Two men were later arrested by Border… Read more »
Men from Kent and Northern Ireland arrested as cocaine worth around £3m is seized
Gary Sloan, aged 50, of Magheralin, Co Armagh, and Jason Bunce, aged 57, of Kingswood, Kent, have been charged with conspiracy to import Class A drugs and will appear at Canterbury Magistrates’ Court today. A 40-year-old man from Dover who was arrested has been released under investigation. NCA investigators, supported… Read more »
Millions of pounds worth of cocaine seized at Dover
Three people have been arrested following two seizures of cocaine totalling 190 kilos at the port of Dover. The seizures, which are not thought to be connected, were discovered in HGVs earlier last week. Within a void in the floor of one HGV, which had arrived from Holland carrying a… Read more »
Heroin found concealed within lorry packed with crisps
A 48-year-old Polish man has been charged as part of a National Crime Agency (NCA) investigation into the attempted importation of heroin with a potential street value of £800,000 into Harwich International Port. Darius Urban, from Ostrzeszow, Poland, was arrested after Border Force officers seized approximately 20kg of heroin hidden… Read more »
