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By JON AUSTIN
Dec 3
Albanians worked with Bulgarian to import one of biggest ever cocaine hauls to UK from South America
Albanian criminals worked with a Bulgarian business owner to import one of the biggest ever hauls of cocaine into the UK from South...
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By JON AUSTIN
Nov 30
CORRUPTION AT THE DOCKS: Port worker helped crime gang smuggle in 1.2 tonnes of cocaine worth £90m hidden in bananas
A corrupt port worker helped an organised crime group try to smuggle more than 1.2 tonnes of cocaine into the UK. But, officers from the...
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By JON AUSTIN
Nov 10
Fishing boat containing 400 kilos of coke stopped off Kent coast this morning - four men arrested
Around 400 kilos of cocaine was on board a fishing boat that was stopped off the coast of Kent today. National Crime Agency (NCA)...
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By JON AUSTIN
Mar 21
OPERATION EMBOSSED: Men who fought so hard to have EncroChat evidence thrown out WERE major drug suppliers and have now been jailed
THREE men who fought for years to have EnroChat evidence dismissed as inadmissable eventually admitted they were top-tier organised...
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By JON AUSTIN
Feb 22
UK'S biggest ever cocaine seizure - 5.7 tonnes worth £450m - found in bananas at Southampton
AROUND 5.7 tonnes of cocaine - believed to be the biggest ever seizure of class A drugs in the UK and worth about £450 million on the...
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By JON AUSTIN
Nov 26, 2023
Suspected key figures from Albanian underworld are arrested in UK raising border security fears
EXCLUSIVE: TWO suspected key figures from the Albanian underworld have been arrested in the UK following international manhunts linked to...
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By JON AUSTIN
Nov 2, 2023
NCA 'seize the drugs' sting snares Albanian crime gang that worked with British national
AN ALBANIAN organised crime group, which worked with a British national, was caught by a well-used National Crime Agency (NCA) sting to...
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By JON AUSTIN
Sep 29, 2023
Cross Euro Albanian drug dealer discussed £2m property purchases in homeland on EncroChat phone
AN ALBANIAN drug dealer, who supplied more than £1million of cocaine in just four months, discussed property purchases in his homeland on...
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By JON AUSTIN
Sep 10, 2023
Five people arrested after drugs, machete and phones seized in Rochester
Detectives investigating drug supply in Medway have detained five people in Rochester. Officers made the arrests at several properties on...
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By JON AUSTIN
Sep 8, 2023
How did NCA know major coke exchange was about to take place? Officers saw swap of 25kgs
Three men have been jailed after a National Crime Agency (NCA) sting operation caught them red-handed exchanging 25 kilos of cocaine....
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