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Essex News & Investigations

Nearly 2,000 arrests as police target 'county lines' drug gangs over one week - what are they doing the rest of the year?
Criminal gangs who exploit children and vulnerable adults to supply drugs across the country were targeted last week in a national police...
By JON AUSTIN
Jul 3


Over 2 tonnes of cocaine worth £100m found on container ship heading from Panama to London Gateway in Essex
Cocaine with a street value of almost £100 million has been seized by Border Force in one of the largest drugs busts of the past decade....
By JON AUSTIN
Jun 28


CRIME INTERNATIONAL: Driver from Tajikstan held over guns and drugs worth millions found in Lithuanian lorry stopped at Dover
A haul of 20 firearms, 320 rounds of ammunition and 170kg of ketamine were recovered from a vehicle at Dover Port. National Crime Agency...
By JON AUSTIN
Jun 28


Drugs gang saw eastern Europeans work with British criminals to supply class As
A criminal gang made up of eastern Europeans and Brits, who conspired to supply drugs across the region from a Newcastle flat, have been...
By JON AUSTIN
May 30


EXCLUSIVE: Man denies smuggling £1m of cocaine into UK found in his wheelchair
A man has denied smuggling nearly £1m of cocaine found hidden in an electric wheelchair at Manchester Airport. Portuguese national...
By JON AUSTIN
May 6


EXCLUSIVE: Man arrested after police surround house two days after helicopter search
A man was arrested in connection with drugs and malicious communications after a police search ended after two days. Police were called...
By JON AUSTIN
Mar 23


Watch sleepy muscle man get arrested for running cocaine distribution gang
A bleary-eyed body builder is read his rights during an early morning raid on his home. John Horn was the leader of mid-tier organised...
By JON AUSTIN
Jan 31


Art student fell into River Thames after getting hooked on Ketamine at London university
A coroner has warned how it is too easy for students to buy drugs in the halls of residence of a London university after a 19-year-old...
By JON AUSTIN
Jan 13


Man used his own name to order 29,000 E tabs through post in deal to 'settle drug debt'
A man used his own name to import thousands of skull-shaped ecstasy tablets into the UK via the postal system in a deal arranged over...
By JON AUSTIN
Dec 3, 2024


'THE BIG FELLA' 23-month organised crime trial goes down in British history for one special reason
It has been branded the country's biggest ever intercepted illegal drug smuggling operation culinating in the longest ever running...
By JON AUSTIN
Dec 2, 2024









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