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Man jailed after being caught at Heathrow Airport with £1.2m hidden in suitcases bound for Lebanon

Mazen Al Shaar, 48, was stopped by Border Force officers at Terminal Three in March

Evening Standard

Dover 24/7: Britain’s Busiest Port review – you won’t believe the fact about the bananas!

Like Border Force meets Inside the Factory, this documentary is basic comfort viewing that doesn’t ask much of you – but does flow freely with absolutely wild stats (and may even help out some spies along the way)

The Guardian - UK

Man jailed after exotic animal trafficking gang exposed

A man has been jailed for nine months after a sweeping investigation into an exotic wildlife trafficking gang spanning three states.

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Man charged after directing, streaming child abuse

An Australian man has been charged with online sexual exploitation after paying for footage showing the sexual abuse of Filipino children as young as six.

AAP

UK Border Force is in effect under military command, report says

Institute of Race Relations says MoD’s Channel role reflects global rise of ‘hyper-militarisation’ in law enforcement

The Guardian - UK

Two people die attempting to cross English Channel as hundreds more migrants arrive in small boats

The pair reportedly lost consciousness on a boat carrying nearly 80 people

Evening Standard

One person dead after small boat sinks in Channel, French authorities say

Sixty-two people pulled from water overnight after boat broke up, including child and his mother suffering from hypothermia

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How the British Red Cross tried to blow the whistle about conditions inside crisis-hit migrant detention centres

In autumn 2022, overcrowding at migrant processing centres prompted national outrage. As the truth of the conditions inside began to emerge, British Red Cross staff were on site trying to support residents. Emails, performance reports and letters released to Holly Bancroft show how the charity was battling to get officials…

The Independent UK

Drug smugglers caught with £37m of cocaine in inflatable boat are jailed

Both smugglers leapt overboard and unsuccessfully attempted to swim to shore to escape Border Force

The Independent UK

Calls for more support for nurses dealing with ‘human cost’ of opioid abuse

Nitazenes have caused a spike in drug-related deaths in recent years.

The Independent UK

Women and children among migrants to have crossed the Channel

The arrivals are the first to have made the crossing to the UK in more than a week.

Evening Standard

Migration Madness Erupts as UK Forced to Rescue Boat in French Waters

A fresh row has broken out over the Channel migrant crisis after a UK Border Force vessel sailed into French waters to pick up asylum seekers.

The Fashion Central

Moment UK migrant smuggling operation foiled as people found squashed into rubbish-strewn van

Denice Lorraine Blendell and her co-conspirator Andrew David Stainton hid five Vietnamese nationals behind heavy motorcycle parts and an old mattress

Evening Standard

People smugglers jailed after five migrants discovered hidden in van

Border Force officers searching the pair’s unregistered van discovered the five migrants underneath an old mattress, clothing and motorbike parts.

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Migrants cross English Channel in warm spell as arrivals pass 11,000 for year

Pictures show people wearing life jackets being brought ashore in Dover on the warmest day of the year so far.

The Independent UK

Obsession with tough borders creating a ‘booming £2bn industry for private companies’, ministers warned

UK border security industry worth billions and expanding, academics suggest

Evening Standard

Channel crossings by migrants near 10,000 as warm spell begins

Some 9,885 people had been logged as making the journey from France as of Sunday, according to provisional Home Office figures for 2025

The National (Scotland)

Men jailed after plot to smuggle £1.5m of drugs into Scotland in watermelons

TWO men involved in a plot to bring £1.5 million worth of drugs into Scotland hidden in a load of watermelons have been jailed ...

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Pair jailed over bid to smuggle £1.5m of drugs into UK in crates of watermelons

Scott McSeveney and Steven Lawson, both from Shotts, were both sentenced at the High Court in Glasgow on Friday.

The Independent UK

Duo tried to smuggle £1.5m of drugs into UK using watermelons

Their elaborate plan was rumbled when Border Force officers found an “anomaly” with the HGV

The Independent UK

Home Office tackles mail-order dealers after huge amount of cannabis posted to UK

Over 15 tonnes of cannabis was detected by Border Force, with the support of Royal Mail, in the last quarter of 2024

Evening Standard

UK-Thai deal sees 90% reduction in cannabis smuggling by post, Home Office says

Extra checks are taking place in Thailand and Border Force have detected 1.5 tonnes of cannabis coming through the post in the first quarter of 2025.

The Guardian - UK

Man confirmed dead after crossing Channel in small boat

Death is second reported in two days, as data shows record number of people have crossed Channel so far this year

Evening Standard

Migrant dies after medical emergency on small boat in English Channel

The death comes after more than 700 migrants crossed the English Channel on Tuesday.

Evening Standard

First picture of luxury yacht used to smuggle 20 Albanian migrants across the Channel released

Three men arrested by Border Force after vessel bound for the South Coast stopped on Sunday

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