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  • Border Force stubs out cigarette smuggling attempt

    Border Force officers have foiled an attempt to smuggle 30 million cigarettes into the UK through the port of Southampton.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New Director General of Border Force announced

    Sir Charles Montgomery has been appointed as the new Director General of Border Force.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Rolling Stones and Taylor Swift CDs among one tonne of fakes found by Border Force

    Border Force officers at Manchester Airport have stopped the largest ever consignment of counterfeit CDs from being smuggled into the UK.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Border Force seize thousands of fake football shirts

    Online shoppers warned to take extra care after Border Force officers seized thousands of fake football shirts near Heathrow Airport.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Eight arrested in UK Border Agency trafficking investigation

    UK Border Agency officers have arrested eight people as part of a major investigation into an organised crime gang involved in trafficking.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Border Force's Halloween find

    Three would-be illegal immigrants have been stopped from entering the country after Border Force officers found them hiding inside a lorry.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • £3.8million of illegal medicines seized in Border Force crackdown

    Border Force plays key role in intercepting approximately £3.8 million of fake and unlicensed medicines in the UK during global crackdown.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Border Force seize lollipops laced with cocaine

    Border Force officers in Ghana have helped seize cocaine worth an estimated £200,000 which had been hidden in lollipops.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Border Force seizes illegal ivory

    Border Force officers at Heathrow have made one of their biggest ever seizures of illegal ivory.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Olympic Border Force prepared for peak Olympic arrivals

    Border Force is fully prepared to cope with the peak of Olympic Games arrivals. It will be implement plans and man every desk at peak times.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Border Force officer collects MBE from Buckingham Palace

    A Border Force officer based at Birmingham Airport took a trip to Buckingham Palace to collect an MBE.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Focused Border Force will make UK safe

    Damian Green announced that passengers on non-EEA flights travelling to UK will have details checked using e-Borders system.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New Border Force begins work

    The Border Force and the UK Border Agency now operate separately.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • 'Thorough investigation into UK Border Force'

    Home Secretary Theresa May has confirmed this afternoon that there will be an immediate and thorough investigation into the UK Border Force.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government