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Essex News & Investigations
By JON AUSTIN
Dec 9, 2022
ENCROCHAT: Alleged British head of organised crime group based in Dubai appears in court
THE alleged head of an international crime network appeared in court today (December 9). James Harding, 31, is charged with conspiracy to...
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By JON AUSTIN
Dec 9, 2022
ENCROCHAT: Man charged with gun & coke conspiracy cleared after jury hears evidence 'is unreliable'
AN alleged EncroChat user charged with a firearms and cocaine conspiracy was cleared by a jury. Louis Langfield, 23, of Renshaw Street,...
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By JON AUSTIN
Dec 4, 2022
Sky ECC hack led to probe that dismantled European cocaine super network linked to Kinahan Cartel
A BRITISH man accused of being a key player in a drugs "super cartel" believed to be flooding Europe with drugs sparked the probe that...
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By JON AUSTIN
Dec 3, 2022
Gang who flew cocaine from the Caribbean into Manchester Airport jailed after NCA probe
Three members of an international organised crime group have been sentenced for importing drugs from St Lucia in the Caribbean to the...
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By JON AUSTIN
Nov 29, 2022
Four arrests in Lancashire and the Midlands following huge £140m cocaine seizre at Felixstowe
FOUR men from the north-west and the Midlands were arrested this morning in connection with a huge £140m seizure of cocaine at...
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By JON AUSTIN
Nov 28, 2022
Brit based in Dubai held on suspicion of running cartel responsible for third of cocaine in Europe
A DRUG "super cartel" that allegedly controlled about a third of Europe's cocaine supply has been disrupted following a series of raids...
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By JON AUSTIN
Nov 21, 2022
UKRAINIAN lorry driver who tried to smuggle two Albanians into UK jailed for cocaine smuggling
A LORRY driver previously convicted in France for trying to smuggle migrants into the UK has been sentenced following a cocaine seizure...
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By JON AUSTIN
Nov 4, 2022
Former fugitive Michael Moogan smiles in court before admitting £1.7m cocaine conspiracy
A MAN who was one of the country's most wanted men for eight years today smiled and grinned in court before admitting his part in a...
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By JON AUSTIN
Oct 10, 2022
ENCROCHAT: Drugs couriers brought back blocks of wood from Colombia after police switched cocaine
TWO drug addicts who brought blocks of wood on a flight from Colombia, thinking it was a large amount of cocaine, have been jailed for...
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By JON AUSTIN
Sep 14, 2022
EXCLUSIVE: Man denies collecting '£4m worth of cocaine in a suitcase from plane at small airfield'
A MAN has denied collecting a suitcase filled with cocaine worth an estimated £4 million on the streets from a plane. Richard Farmer, 36,...
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