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The number of British nationals detained overseas on drug trafficking charges has surged more than fourfold over three years, official figures show, alongside a Government warning that penalties include life imprisonment and the death sentence.

A former British Home Stores (BHS) branch was converted into a £1.3million cannabis farm.

A convicted rapist who claimed he should be allowed to remain in Britain because he is bisexual has lost his latest legal challenge against deportation.

This is the moment a woman pretending to be a lawyer passes drugs to a lag after smuggling them into prison by hiding them in her bra.

Two men have appeared in court over the combined seizure of more than two million euro worth of drugs over the weekend.

Prison nurse Kiera Burton, 35, who was part of a sophisticated gang helping to smuggle drugs into HMP Preston and HMP Lancaster Farms has now been struck off by a tribunal

British rapper and social media influencer Yung Filly will face a retrial on three charges of rape after a jury failed to reach a verdict in his initial trial in Australia.

Police have uncovered a huge cannabis farm containing more than 1,500 plants inside a former church in Nelson, Lancashire.

A British woman has pleaded guilty to smuggling £512,000 worth of cannabis from Thailand, after posting on Facebook about ‘cutting the grass’.

A man has been arrested and charged after drugs were recovered during a traffic stop in Edinburgh.

A jet ski, four vehicles and Rolex watches were among items seized by police during a drugs raid in Speke.

A Saudi prince found dead in his Kensington hotel room was almost three times over the drink-drive limit and had mixed alcohol with the party drug GHB, an inquest has heard.

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.

Gardaí have arrested one man after around €122,400 worth of cocaine and cannabis was seized by authorities.

A teenager fatally stabbed a 16-year-old boy without saying a word and with "no hesitation", a court has heard.

It was a £19 million drugs operation involving smuggling designer cannabis through UK airports in pallets of vintage clothes.

A drug dealer who showed off his luxury lifestyle on Instagram by posing with Rolex watches, driving a Lamborghini and splashing more than £1,200 in cash on a meal at Salt Bae’s restaurant has been jailed.

A man and a woman have been arrested after €198,000 worth of drugs were seized in Dublin city on Wednesday.

A paranoid cannabis user who tortured his vulnerable 93-year-old friend over a period of more than 24 hours has been found guilty of his murder.

A young British couple is facing 30 years behind bars after they allegedly tried to smuggle two suitcases filled with cannabis.

This is the moment a deceitful driver claimed he wasn’t in the car when he killed his girlfriend in a 136mph crash, while being 14 times over the drug-drive limit.

Police discovered the large-scale cannabis cultivation operation at an industrial unit in Oldham last June.

A suspected £4m cannabis haul has been seized in a cross-border police operation.

A Scots social media influencer who was caught smuggling £150,000 worth of cannabis through Edinburgh Airport has been jailed for 16 months.

An international police sweep dismantled a leading Balkan Cartel drug trafficking cell Wednesday, arresting 12 suspects tied to the intercontinental smuggling of more than 4.2 tonnes of cocaine and cannabis.