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Two men have each been jailed for 2 years and 6 months after a small boat people smuggling attempt was prevented by Border Force officers in Southwold.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
From January 2021, EU criminals could be barred from entering the UK under tougher border rules.
Seizure prevented the Treasury losing almost £3 million in unpaid duty.
Border Force officers have prevented an attempt to smuggle cocaine into the UK hidden in a lorry carrying a load of furniture.
A woman from Yorkshire has been charged with money laundering after almost £2 million in cash was seized by Border Force officers at Heathrow Airport.
Three people have been arrested by Immigration Enforcement as part of an international investigation into the smuggling of migrants into the UK by small boat.
Border Force officers at Dover have intercepted 336kg of cocaine after 2 separate attempts to smuggle in the class A drug into the UK on the same day.
Dan O'Mahoney has been appointed to collaborate with the French to tackle Channel crossings.
The drugs were hidden in a lorry load of flowers stopped in Coquelles.
Two men have been charged as part of an Immigration Enforcement investigation into a suspected small boat people smuggling incident in Southwold.
Eleven people have been arrested in relation to illegally facilitating migrant crossings of the Channel.
Cocaine worth more than £15 million has been seized by Border Force officers at London Gateway after it was found hidden within the floor of a container.
Agreement reached to create an intelligence cell to crack down on gangs facilitating illegal crossings and people smuggling.
A man who attempted to smuggle 12 people into the UK hidden in a campervan has been jailed for over 4 years.
New treaties signed today make direct train services from Amsterdam to London possible later this year.
Two people have been arrested by Immigration Enforcement as part of an international investigation into the smuggling of migrants into the UK by boat.
Border Force officers in Dover have prevented an attempt to smuggle cocaine into the UK hidden under a lorry’s bunk bed mattresses.
A people smuggler caught by Border Force officers at Dover has been jailed.
The Home Secretary delivered an oral statement to the House of Commons on health measures being introduced at the border in response to coronavirus.
The rules which cover the new measures at the UK border to protect against coronavirus will be published on 3 June 2020.
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