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Nearly 9,000 Brazilians paid up to £3,000 to leave Britain
Almost 9,000 Brazilian migrants have received golden goodbye payments of up to £3,000 to leave Britain - though most small-boat arrivals ignore the offer.
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Nearly 150 illegal migrants cross Channel despite UK paying for 200 extra French officers to patrol beaches
Criminal gangs launched two migrant boats from French beaches today, despite poor weather conditions and increased beach patrols.
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RNLI boats denied entry to two ports before being met by protesting crowds at Portsmouth
The RNLI boats that picked up 140 migrants in the English Channel were denied entry to two larger ports and forced to go ashore during large protests, it has been revealed.
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Hundreds clash with riot police after migrant boat carrying 140 reaches Portsmouth
Hundreds of protesters were in an overnight standoff with riot police as they vowed to prevent migrants leaving Portsmouth.
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Record 1.3-tonne ketamine haul seized by UK Border Force amid surge in drug use
A record amount of ketamine seized at the UK border has reached a fifteen year high, as officials warn of “serious” health risks of using the drug.
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Channel crossings surge as 350 migrants reach Britain and three more boats head for UK waters
Around 350 illegal migrants have crossed the Channel so far today, GB News can reveal.
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Undercover reporter crosses Channel with migrants and claims French police gave smugglers a free ride back
An Undercover reporter was able to cross the Channel in a small boat while posing as a migrant – and claims French police are giving smugglers free lifts back to the camps.
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"Eye-watering" £500,000 a day spent detaining and moving illegal migrants across Britain
More than £500,000 a day is spent detaining illegal migrants and moving them around the country, The Sun can reveal.
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UK set to sign Belgium deal to crack down on small boats and people-smuggling gangs
The UK is set to sign a deal with Belgium in a bid to slash small-boat crossings in the English Channel.
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Home Office faces fury over £4.5m electric car charger plan as Channel migrant crisis deepens
Ministers and civil servants on the frontline of tackling the small boats crisis came under fire today over plans to splash millions of pounds on electric car chargers.
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Cocaine worth £200m found hidden among banana boxes at UK port
Border Force officers intercepted an almost 3-tonne shipment of banana boxes hiding £200,000,000 worth of cocaine.
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Several Commonwealth Games athletes disappear in Glasgow as police investigate
Several athletes have disappeared after competing in the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, failing to return home with the rest of their teams.
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Illegal migrants spotted running off into Essex countryside after sneaking into lorry from Spain
Four suspected illegal migrants have been spotted running off into the Essex countryside after hiding in a lorry which was understood to have travelled from Portugal.
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Farage’s Channel migration plan rejected by France and Downing Street as illegal
Nigel Farage’s desperate small boats plan has been dismissed as impractical and illegal as he attempts to divert attention from sleaze allegations.
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Man jailed after trying to smuggle £430,000 worth of cannabis from Thailand to Scotland
A man has been jailed for trying to smuggle around £430,000 worth of cannabis on a flight from Thailand, following an investigation by Scotland’s Organised Crime Partnership team.
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Nigel Farage says "nowhere is safe" after migrants land in his Clacton constituency
The Reform UK leader took to X after illegal migrants arrived in his constituency on a boat.
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British actress charged over alleged £157m meth smuggling plot into Australia
A British actress, who appeared in an Eastenders spin-off and a Jason Statham movie, has been charged with trying to smuggle 320kg of meth into Australia from West Africa.
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Drug kingpin’s cracked Audi taillight helped expose £19m Cali-weed smuggling empire
It was a £19 million drugs operation involving smuggling designer cannabis through UK airports in pallets of vintage clothes.
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Teenage hitman recruited by Swedish gang linked to Iran plotted assassination in UK
A Norwegian teenager was employed by a Swedish organized crime group used by the Iranian regime to kill someone in England, a court has learned.
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£7m cocaine haul found hidden in shipment of Kim Kardashian Skims underwear
Police found £7million of cocaine stashed in a shipment of Kim Kardashian Skims underwear.
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Scottish influencer jailed after smuggling £150k of cannabis through Edinburgh Airport
A Scots social media influencer who was caught smuggling £150,000 worth of cannabis through Edinburgh Airport has been jailed for 16 months.
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510kg of drugs worth £13.8 million seized at Birmingham Airport
Eleven people have been charged in connection with attempting to smuggle more than half a tonne of cannabis worth around £13.8 million into the UK, the National Crime Agency (NCA) said.
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‘Buying’ a baby for £1,700: Shocking story of attempt to smuggle child out of Africa
Last summer, a woman was arrested at Gatwick Airport after she arrived from Nigeria with a very young baby girl.
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British pensioner leaked defence minister Grant Shapps’ flight route and address to ‘Russians’
Prosecutor says Howard Phillips provided information on the then defense secretary, Grant Shapps, for ‘easy money’.
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UK authorities foil massive cocaine smuggling attempt — enough drugs to supply all of Europe
Border Force officers have confiscated an astounding 2.4 tonnes of cocaine, with an estimated street value of nearly £100 million, in one of the largest drug busts witnessed in years.
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