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By JON AUSTIN
Jul 30, 2022
London Gateway port used as transfer point for Europe-bound cocaine from Colombian cartels
MORE than half a tonne of cocaine - worth more than 40 million on the streets - has been found hidden in a load of bananas. The National...
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By JON AUSTIN
Jul 27, 2022
Details of 'cocaine conspiracy' allegedly involving Bruce Lee in Belgium emerge in court
File image A MAN called Bruce Lee is wanted in Belgium in connection with an alleged conspiracy to import cocaine. Lee, 35, of an unknown...
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By JON AUSTIN
Jul 23, 2022
Two women in court after allegedly being found with 25kgs of cocaine worth £1m on motorway
EXCLUSIVE: TWO women have been charged with possession with intent to supply after allegedly being found in possession of about £1million...
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By JON AUSTIN
Jul 8, 2022
EncroChat dealer who supplied £10m of drugs including 'Jaguar' cocaine gets 12 years in jail
A MAN has been jailed for 12 years after he admitted using an EncroChat encrypted phone to supply more than £10 million worth of drugs....
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By JON AUSTIN
May 28, 2022
Alleged EncroChat kingpin from Dubai appears in UK court charged over drugs and murder conspiracy
THE alleged head of an international crime network appeared in court today (May 28) charged with conspiracy to murder and drugs offences....
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By JON AUSTIN
Apr 30, 2022
Albanian bar owner wanted over cocaine supply in the venue is arrested in the UK
AN ALBANIAN bar owner, who allegedly allowed the premises to be used for drug supply, has been arrested in the UK on an international...
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By JON AUSTIN
Apr 7, 2022
Repeat offender jailed for 20 years had snap of £1m cash bagged up in storage tub on Encrochat phone
A GANG boss repeat offender, who went on the run after the Encrochat hack, has been jailed for 20 years for leading an organised crime...
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By JON AUSTIN
Apr 5, 2022
More than 3.7 tonnes of cocaine worth £302m found in bananas - biggest UK seizure in 7 years
MORE than 3.7 tonnes of cocaine worth £302million on the streets was found hidden in a container load of bananas (above) at Southampton...
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By JON AUSTIN
Apr 4, 2022
EXCLUSIVE: Encrochat brothers who sacked lawyers and snubbed trial get 25 years each for coke supply
TWO Encrochat defendants, who sacked their defence lawyers and failed to attend their trial, have been jailed for 25 years each. Jamie,...
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By JON AUSTIN
Mar 13, 2022
Piles of 'waste' allegedly dumped in grounds of mansion owned by former football boss Glenn Tamplin
OFFICIALS are investigating if the grounds of a mansion owned by a millionaire former football club boss have been used as an illegal...
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