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Seizure prevented the Treasury losing almost £3 million in unpaid duty.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Border Force officers have prevented an attempt to smuggle cocaine into the UK hidden in a lorry carrying a load of furniture.
A woman from Yorkshire has been charged with money laundering after almost £2 million in cash was seized by Border Force officers at Heathrow Airport.
Border Force officers at Dover have intercepted 336kg of cocaine after 2 separate attempts to smuggle in the class A drug into the UK on the same day.
The drugs were hidden in a lorry load of flowers stopped in Coquelles.
Two men have been charged as part of an Immigration Enforcement investigation into a suspected small boat people smuggling incident in Southwold.
Cocaine worth more than £15 million has been seized by Border Force officers at London Gateway after it was found hidden within the floor of a container.
Agreement reached to create an intelligence cell to crack down on gangs facilitating illegal crossings and people smuggling.
A man who attempted to smuggle 12 people into the UK hidden in a campervan has been jailed for over 4 years.
Border Force officers in Dover have prevented an attempt to smuggle cocaine into the UK hidden under a lorry’s bunk bed mattresses.
The Home Secretary, Priti Patel, explains the measures to be taken at the border to avoid a second wave of coronavirus (COVID-19) transmission.
A people smuggler caught by Border Force officers at Dover has been jailed.
More than 170 kilos of heroin has been stopped from being smuggled into the UK by Border Force officers.
New measures at the UK border to guard against a second wave of coronavirus infections have been announced by the Home Secretary today.
Border Force officers at Coquelles have prevented an attempt to smuggle more than 260 kilos of cocaine into the UK in a lorry.
Border Force officers at Harwich International Port have prevented an attempt to smuggle approximately 54 kilos of cocaine into the UK.
Coronavirus (COVID-19) update: to make sure medical equipment reaches the NHS frontline quicker, Border Force will be prioritising checks on their shipments.
Thousands of counterfeit items seized by Border Force in the run up to Christmas.
Border Force and Metropolitan Police operation ‘highly commended’ at ‘World Class Policing Awards’
Enhanced action plan to tackle migrant crossings agreed by the UK and France.
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