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By JON AUSTIN
Sep 6, 2023
Former Leeds United pro became EncroChat gangster jailed with three others after NCA probe
A FORMER Leeds United player has been jailed for his part in a West Yorkshire-based organised crime group that trafficked cocaine. Paul...
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By JON AUSTIN
Aug 7, 2023
Drug dealer who stashed nearly £500K of cocaine on yacht is jailed
A DRUG dealer who kept cocaine with a street value of nearly £500,000 on a boat in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, has been jailed for eight...
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By JON AUSTIN
Jul 10, 2023
CORRUPTION AT THE DOCKS: Port worker in £118m coke deal from Columbia jailed for 21 years
A CORRUPT port worker involved in importing what he thought was £118m worth of cocaine has been sentenced to 21 years in prison after a...
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By JON AUSTIN
Jun 16, 2023
Charlie worth £120m disguised as charcoal shipped into UK from Panama, before NCA raid
COCAINE worth £120m on the streets has been seized after it was shipped to the UK from Panama, specially disguised as charcoal. A major...
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By JON AUSTIN
Apr 14, 2023
CORRUPTION PROBE: Prison chief and governor wife in court over computer misuse and cocaine
A PRISON chief and his governor wife wife have appeared in court in connection with an anti-corruption and drug probe. Pete Nichols, a...
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By JON AUSTIN
Feb 13, 2023
Man arrested on suspicion of supplying cocaine in Maldon on busy Sunday afternoon
A MAN was arrested on suspicion of supplying class A drugs in Maldon in the middle of a busy Sunday in the High Street. As staff from...
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By JON AUSTIN
Jan 20, 2023
PORT CORRUPTION PROBE: Worker held after 100kgs of cocaine worth £8m found at London Gateway
A PORT worker has been arrested after 100 kilos of cocaine, worth around £8 million on the streets, was found in Essex. The shipment from...
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By JON AUSTIN
Jan 14, 2023
British men tried to smuggle cocaine into Iceland so they could sell it at three times UK price
TWO British men tried to smuggle cocaine into Iceland so they could sell it at three times the UK price, a court heard. Essex roofer...
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By JON AUSTIN
Dec 23, 2022
More than 200kgs of smack and Charlie hidden in van at Channel Tunnel terminal
A DUTCH van driver has been sentenced to 16 years in prison, after the National Crime Agency investigated a seizure of more than 200...
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By JON AUSTIN
Dec 11, 2022
ENCROCHAT DELAY: Michael Earle & Edward Jarvis face remand of nearly 4 years as trial set for 2024
A MAJOR EncroChat trial will not take place now until nearly four years after two men were charged with conspiracy to murder, blackmail...
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