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  • Fake toys seized by Border Force at Stansted

    Border Force officers at Stansted Airport have seized thousands of imitation construction brick kits worth more than £18,000.

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

  • Smuggled iguanas returned home by Border Force

    Twelve critically endangered iguanas seized by Border Force at Heathrow have been returned to their native Bahamas.

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

  • Seized: Hundreds of fake England shirts found at Heathrow

    Border Force Officer Sean Rooney was among the team who made the World Cup discovery.

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

  • Seized: Border Force officers find heroin in carpets

    Border Force officers at Manchester Airport have made a huge seizure of heroin in a consignment of carpets from Pakistan.

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

  • Smuggling: Women jailed for smuggling endangered Iguanas

    Two women have been jailed for a year following the seizure of 13 endangered iguanas at Heathrow.

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

  • CIFAS named for bank account controls role

    The government has named CIFAS as the anti-fraud body likely to oversee proposed bank account controls set out in the Immigration Bill.

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

  • Birmingham man jailed after Border Force cocaine seizure

    A man from Birmingham has been jailed for eight years after Border Force officers at Gatwick Airport caught him trying to smuggle cocaine into the UK hidden inside tins of vegetables.

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

  • Endangered Iguanas seized by Border Force at Heathrow

    Thirteen endangered iguanas have been seized by Border Force officers at Heathrow.

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

  • Couple jailed over South London sham marriage

    A couple have been jailed for attempting to enter into a sham marriage at Morden Register Office.

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

  • Stowaways found hiding in a lorry

    Border Force officers based in Coquelles, have prevented 48 stowaways from entering the UK hidden in the back of a refrigerated lorry.

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

  • Lorry driver jailed for cocaine smuggling attempt

    Border Force officers in Dover find cocaine hidden in a lorry.

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

  • Border Force seizes 63 kilos of cocaine at Dover

    Border Force officers have seized approximately 63 kilos of cocaine found in a lorry stopped at Dover.

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

  • Cocaine seized by Border Force at Gatwick

    A man has appeared in court after Border Force officers at Gatwick seized approximately 1.3 kilos of cocaine.

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

  • Cannabis seized at Felixstowe

    Border Force officers at Felixstowe seize cannabis worth over £2.7m

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

  • Border Force seize Amphetamine at Dover

    Border Force officers at Dover seize Amphetamines potentially worth £360,000

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

  • Smuggler jailed after £3.9million drug seizure

    Border Force finds 24 kilos of heroin hidden inside chapatti oven at Manchester Airport.

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

  • Immigration enforcement: Operation Vaken

    This written ministerial statement was laid in the House of Commons by Mark Harper and in the House of Lords by Lord Taylor of Holbeach on 31 October.

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

  • Immigration offenders arrested in Home Office operations

    Home Office enforcement teams have arrested 139 immigration offenders after nationwide operations targeting illegal working and immigration abuse.

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

  • Immigration Minister sees Border Force in action

    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.

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

  • Two jailed for Hull sham marriage plot

    Home Office officials arrest couple minutes before 'sham wedding' was due to take place at Hull registry office.

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