Detectives said the drugs were destined for both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. 

Drugs worth £645,000 seized at Belfast airport in operation targeting gangs

The 34-year-old Calvin Parris appeared at Cardiff Crown Court via video link and spoke only to confirm his name and enter his guilty plea.

One of UK's most wanted men who spent years on the run admits cocaine charge

A Canadian woman was arrested after she allegedly attempted to carry 10kg of meth disguised as Christmas presents into New Zealand. 

Meth worth £1.7m found wrapped as Christmas presents in airport carry-on

A 21-year-old was stopped by Police in woodland in Kent and told them he was simply out for a walk, but a police dog sniffed out almost 220 grams of cocaine. 

Police dog sniffs out 220 grams of cocaine after officers find man in woods

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Fabio Candido Simoes, 35, from Portugal, was sentenced to six years in prison for attempting to smuggle 61.32g of heroin to Jersey.

Smuggler jailed for attempting to import £40,000 of heroin

Dale Dunn, Jack Freeman, Jake Galea-Hughes and Graeme Rutherford were all arrested following a police operation on 25 April.

Four men jailed for "industrial" scale drugs operation

Eighteen members of the international organised crime group (OCG) have been convicted of importing heroin, cocaine and cannabis to the UK over two years.

Britain’s ‘biggest drug smuggling gang’ jailed

Alex Male was detained at Lisbon Airport having just arrived on a flight from Turkey

Alex Male, from Weston-super-Mare went on the run to Spain, Portugal and Morocco. He has now been jailed for 18 years.

Drugs kingpin who oversaw sale of £4.5M of cocaine jailed after years on the run

Five men have been sentenced to more than 36 years in prison at Jersey Royal Court following a customs investigation titled Operation Elf.

Drugs syndicate jailed for more than 36 years in total

Police believe the deaths of two men are drug-related.

Three arrested after suspected 'drug related' deaths

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Richard Steven Connelly (left) and Terry David Renyard (right)

Jersey Royal Court has sentenced Richard Steven Connelly, 41, and Terry David Renyard, 52, for attempting to smuggle drugs into the island.

Royal Court jails two drug smugglers in separate cases

Sebastiano Sorrenti, 35, of Swindon, also gave drug dealers a method for making 140,000 tablets of the class C drug Etizolam.

'Machine guy' who supplied drug dealers with industrial pill pressers jailed 

Footballer Jay Emmanuel-Thomas - seen here playing for Aberdeen - denied a charge of importing class B drugs as he appeared in court accused over an attempt to smuggle £600,000 of cannabis through Stansted Airport.
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The former Arsenal academy player has also had spells at Ipswich Town, Aberdeen and Queen's Park Rangers.

Ex-footballer denies £600k drug-smuggling charge

Data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) found there were 5,448 deaths related to drug poisoning registered in England and Wales in 2023.

Ex-addicts share struggles as drug deaths hit record high in England and Wales

A man with a £1.5 million property empire has pleaded guilty to supplying drugs and money laundering, the Met Police has said.

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