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Essex News & Investigations

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


Fisherman 'so stupid he makes Mr Blobby look like James Bond' convicted of captaining boat that picked up £100m of cocaine in the sea
A fisherman "so stupid he makes Mr Blobby look like James Bond" has been convicted of captaining a boat that picked up £100 million of...
By JON AUSTIN
Mar 12


Four Brits who picked up 1 tonne of cocaine in fishing boat off Cornwall 'were instructed from South America through Garmin device'
Four British men who picked up more than a tonne of cocaine on a fishing boat off the coast off Cornwall were being instructed by "drug...
By JON AUSTIN
Mar 3


UK'S biggest ever cocaine seizure - 5.7 tonnes worth £450m - found in bananas at Southampton
AROUND 5.7 tonnes of cocaine - believed to be the biggest ever seizure of class A drugs in the UK and worth about £450 million on the...
By JON AUSTIN
Feb 22, 2024


THE GOLD: Bullion worth £4m was seized at Heathrow after being linked to South American drug cartels
GOLD worth about £4 million was seized at Heathrow Airport amid suspicions it was linked to the money laundering of South American drug...
By JON AUSTIN
Mar 21, 2023


UK EXCLUSIVE: Albanian drug trafficker executed by gang posing as police on a raid in Ecuador
AN ALBANIAN national under investigation for major drug trafficking was yesterday executed in Ecuador by a gang of men posing as police...
By JON AUSTIN
Nov 21, 2020


Drugs mule who swallowed 1kg of cocaine jailed but will be out in two years.. and it's not a record
A DRUGS mule who swallowed 99 packages of cocaine weighing more than one kilogram before he flew into the UK could be out in just two...
By JON AUSTIN
Oct 9, 2020


ENCROCHAT EXCLUSIVE: Serbian admits being involved in trying to import cocaine on cruise ship via Ri
THE Encrochat hack has claimed its first two scalps in the UK after two men charged under Operation Venetic pleaded guilty to drug...
By JON AUSTIN
Aug 17, 2020


Corrupt dock worker helped smuggle at least £114 million of cocaine from South America through Port
A corrupt dock worker at the Port of Tilbury helped a drugs gang import cocaine from South America. Michael Fowler, 60, from...
By JON AUSTIN
Sep 5, 2019


'Hellbanianz' gang flaunts cash, guns and drugs on Instagram
FIREARMS: Two men pose with guns on a Hellbanianz account ALBANIAN gangsters believed to be behind a spike in high-purity cocaine...
By JON AUSTIN
Nov 21, 2018









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