£450m cocaine stash found in banana container is UK's biggest seizure
The largest-ever haul of class-A drugs worth an estimated £450 million has been seized from a container of bananas at Southampton Port.
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The largest-ever haul of class-A drugs worth an estimated £450 million has been seized from a container of bananas at Southampton Port.
The National Crime Agency and Border Force have made what is believed to be the biggest ever seizure of class A drugs in the UK.
Britain and its former partners in the European Union have struck a deal to cooperate more on tackling illegal migration, in the latest sign of a thawing in relations between the two sides following Brexit. The British government said in a statement Friday that U.K. border agencies and Frontex, the EU's border and coast guard agency, will be able to access each other's intelligence to secure borders and tackle organized immigration crime. The agreement, which will be signed later in London, doesn't include any bilateral returns agreement, which means neither side will be oblig...
Britain will gain access to the EU's intelligence on criminal gangs involved in human trafficking as part of a deal with the bloc's border protection agency, Frontex, in another sign of closer cooperation between the two sides after Brexit. The deal between Britain and the European Union will allow both sides to more easily exchange information and tactics, train officials and collaborate on new technologies to prevent illegal migration, the British government said. "Organised immigration crime and people smuggling are global challenges that require shared solutions and ambiti...
The National Crime Agency (NCA) and Border Force made the huge discovery of around 5.7 tonnes of cocaine - believed to be the biggest ever seizure of class A drugs in the UK.