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Migrant Channel crossings top 34,000 for year so far
Crossings resumed on Thursday after an eight-day hiatus, with more than 600 arriving in a single day.
Man jailed for smuggling 29,000 skull-shaped ecstasy tablets into UK
Marshall Scurfield, 22, used Snapchat to arrange for the delivery of the tablets to his address in South Tyneside.
Four arrests after 400kg cocaine cargo found on fishing boat
The NCA said three men were arrested on the boat off the coast of Kent on Sunday morning.
People smugglers who hid Afghan family in rubbish-filled van jailed
The youngest child was ‘extremely unwell and drifting in and out of consciousness’ when the family were discovered by Border Force officers in France.
More than 50 migrants rescued in Channel as bodies found at sea
An investigation has been opened by the Boulogne-sur-Mer public prosecutor’s office after the French coastguard found bodies in the water.
Channel crossings: 564 migrants arrive in UK as man dies attempting journey
The latest figures take the total for 2024 so far to more than 30,000.
Footballer Jay Emmanuel-Thomas denies drug importation charge
He was arrested last month after an estimated £600,000 of cannabis was seized at Stansted Airport.
Call for surrender of blank firing guns after tests find them easily convertible
The National Crime Agency highlighted four brands of blank firing guns which are ‘readily convertible’ to fire live ammunition.
Ringleader of plot to smuggle £76m of cocaine into UK hidden in bananas jailed
James Stevenson, known as The Iceman, was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
Migrant Channel crossings top 25,000 for year so far
More than 1,000 people arrived in the UK over the weekend after making the journey, figures indicate.