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By JON AUSTIN
Dec 12
ENCROCHAT: Thomas 'Bomber' Kavanagh pretended to be a 'grass' over gun stash in bid for lighter sentence
The son of one of the UK's top criminals is to walk free from prison after admitting his role in an audacious plot to get his dad a...
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By JON AUSTIN
Dec 10
Chinese couple accused of huge fraud in China surrender £12m of property and cash after NCA probe
NCA HQ in Vauxhall, south London A Chinese couple basd in the UK have agreed to surrender £12 million worth of property and money that...
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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
Dec 3
Man used his own name to order 29,000 E tabs through post in deal to 'settle drug debt'
A man used his own name to import thousands of skull-shaped ecstasy tablets into the UK via the postal system in a deal arranged over...
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By JON AUSTIN
Dec 2
'THE BIG FELLA' 23-month organised crime trial goes down in British history for one special reason
It has been branded the country's biggest ever intercepted illegal drug smuggling operation culinating in the longest ever running...
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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
Oct 16
ENCROCHAT D-DAY: European Court of Human Rights to deliver judgement on two British users' appeals today
Two EncroChat defendants will today hear if their appeals to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), against how the UK obtained the...
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By JON AUSTIN
May 8
EXCLUSIVE: How Huyton Firm man Edward Jarvis pleaded with Judge for 'fair' EncroChat trial amid claims of disclosure delays and after losing legal team in case that dragged on for years
AN EncroChat defendant who was facing charges of conspiracy to supply drugs and blackmail had to plead with a judge to allow him a fair...
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By JON AUSTIN
May 8
EXCLUSIVE: 'Armed officers spoke to EncroChat judge in chambers' during Vincent Coggins prosecution - court said 'police arranged extra security'
ARMED police reportedly spoke with the crown court judge dealing with the EncroChat prosecution of Vincent Coggin and other Huyten crew...
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