Skip to main content

News and communications

Skip to results

251 results

Skip to results
251 results sorted by Updated (newest)
From Border Force
  • Border Force bulletin: issue 1, February 2013

    Essential information for Border Force’s partners.

    • Updated:
  • Birds smuggled in suitcases found at Leeds Bradford Airport

    Nine birds found in two suitcases by Border Force at Leeds Bradford Airport.

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Would-be illegal immigrants caught in lorry at Portsmouth

    Two Albanian men have been removed from the UK after Border Force found them hiding in a lorry at Portsmouth ferry port.

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Fake goods stopped at the border on BBC’s Fake Britain

    Watch Border Force officers intercepting counterfeit goods to safeguard British shoppers and traders.

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Two charged over Gatwick cocaine seizures

    Men aged 62 and 82 are charged with attempting to smuggle approximately £200,000 of the drug into the UK.

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Manchester Airport plays host to Immigration Minister

    Mark Harper travels to Manchester to meet Border Force staff on the frontline.

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Nine million smuggled cigarettes seized at Felixstowe

    Millions of illicit cigarettes seized by Border Force at Port of Felixstowe

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Cocaine worth £17m seized by Border Force in Essex

    An attempt to smuggle 168 kgs of cocaine - worth an estimated £17 million - into the UK has been stopped by Border Force at Tilbury

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Border Force sniffer dog Tyke wins top TV award

    Tyke’s journey from dogs’ home to dog's life with Border Force has led him to the national stage at the British Animal Honours 2013.

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Couple convicted over baby smuggling attempt

    A couple from Oxford have been convicted of attempting to pass off a Nigerian baby as their own and bring it back to the UK.

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Would-be illegal immigrants caught in Calais by Border Force

    Vietnamese, Syrian and Afghan nationals found on lorries by officers at French port

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New online method for submitting General Aviation Reports

    Border Force and the police have developed a new web-based system for the submission of General Aviation Reports.

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Cannabis seized at Port of Harwich

    Border Force officers seize cannabis worth more than £1.7m at Port of Harwich.

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Travellers: don’t risk it all

    Border Forceaks travellers to familiarise themselves with the customs rules for bringing goods into the UK or risk losing all their goods.

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • The new home on the web for the Border Force

    GOV.UK is the new place for corporate and policy information from the Border Force.

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • 4.5 million smuggled cigarettes seized at Felixstowe

    Immigration Minister Mark Harper saw first-hand the work of Border Force - including a seizure of 4.5 million smuggled cigarettes

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Writer jailed after plan to import cannabis disguised as box of cookies crumbles

    BAFTA winner Austin Low is jailed for 12 months for attempting to import 1.1kg of cannabis through the post

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Border Force stubs out cigarette smuggling attempt

    Border Force officers have foiled an attempt to smuggle 30 million cigarettes into the UK through the port of Southampton.

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New Director General of Border Force announced

    Sir Charles Montgomery has been appointed as the new Director General of Border Force.

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Rolling Stones and Taylor Swift CDs among one tonne of fakes found by Border Force

    Border Force officers at Manchester Airport have stopped the largest ever consignment of counterfeit CDs from being smuggled into the UK.

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government