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Home Office response to National Audit Office report on Border Force.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Essential information for Border Force’s partners.
A group of six would-be illegal immigrants were stopped from reaching the UK after Border Force found them hiding in a lorry in Calais.
Deadly weapons including knives and replica firearms have been seized by Border Force officers from passengers at Manchester Airport.
Make sure you check what you can and cannot bring back to the UK.
Jail for man who supplied British passports to illegal immigrants.
Border Force officers in Dunkerque have found a group of would-be illegal immigrants hiding in a caravan.
Heroin and cocaine with an estimated street value of over £2.3million has been seized by Border Force at Manchester Airport
Border Force detector dogs literally have a nose for trouble and can sniff out a range of goods to keep the UK safe from drugs, firearms and smuggled people.
A man has been jailed for six years after Border Force caught him trying to smuggle £160,000 of cocaine in patties.
A man has been jailed for seven and a half years after Border Force officers found heroin in a package of clothing.
Border Force officers have seized thousands of cigarettes from three airline passengers using specially adapted waistcoats.
A lorry driver from Northern Ireland has been jailed for three years for cannabis smuggling
A Manchester man has been jailed after Border Force caught him attempting to smuggle endangered corals and clams into the UK.
Border Force officers displayed seizures and explained how they prevent wildlife smuggling at the Illegal Wildlife Trade Conference today.
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