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A people smuggler has today (13 July) been jailed after admitting trying to travel through Harwich International Port with 22 Afghan nationals hidden in the back of his lorry.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Joint working between Border Force and the NCA stopped huge cocaine haul.
Members of a gang from Salford have been jailed after attempting to smuggle Vietnamese migrants into the UK through the Eurotunnel.
An attempt to smuggle more than 2.5 million cigarettes into the UK has been prevented by Border Force officers at the Port of Purfleet.
Border Force officers have seized 18 packages of illegal drugs in Tamworth.
An attempt to smuggle more than a million cigarettes into the UK has been prevented by Border Force officers at Hull docks.
More than a tonne of cannabis was seized by Border Force officers at London Gateway.
Cocaine with a potential street value of £6 million has been seized by Border Force officers at the Port of Tilbury.
Illegal migrants will face a jail sentence for working in the UK, under measures to be included in the new Immigration Bill
First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government
Cannabis with an estimated street value of £625,000 has been seized by Border Force officers at the Port of Tilbury.
A lorry driver has been jailed for 12 years after attempting to smuggle 30 kilos of cocaine into the UK.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
An attempt to smuggle nearly three million cigarettes into the UK has been prevented by Border Force officers at Harwich.
The Home Secretary has announced an independent review of policies and procedures affecting the welfare of those held in immigration removal centres.
An attempt to smuggle almost 7 tonnes of hand-rolling tobacco into the UK via the Port of Purfleet was thwarted by Border Force officers.
Border Force officers at Gatwick Airport have seized 13kgs of cocaine, concealed within rope netting used to secure a pallet of imported food.
A Spanish man has been jailed after he was caught by Border Force officers attempting to smuggle cannabis worth more than £2,000 into the UK at Southend Airport.
A man from Germany has been jailed for four years at Canterbury Crown Court after attempting to smuggle approximately one kilo of cocaine into the UK.
A Ukrainian gang who attempted to smuggle a group of illegal immigrants into the UK at Orford Quay have been jailed.
Counterfeit gift sets seized by Border Force.
Border Force officers at Stansted Airport have seized thousands of imitation construction brick kits worth more than £18,000.
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