Knocked up to locked up: Woman is caught smuggling cocaine hidden inside fake pregnancy bump made from a watermelon The woman boarded a bus bound for Rio de Janeiro with drugs under her dress Her ‘baby bump’ turned out to be a watermelon stuffed with bricks of cocaine The drugs weighed more than 4lbs and … Read more
A lorry driver accused of being a member of a people-smuggling ring linked to the deaths of 39 migrants has told jurors he only agreed to move cigarettes ‘for a bit of extra cash’. Christopher Kennedy, 24, of Keady, County Armagh, allegedly picked up two trailer-loads of people from Purfleet in Essex, transported from Zeebrugge in … Read more
The moment a migrant was loaded into a tanker by French people smuggling gang that got 1,000 people into UK illegally before being raided by police Gang – called the Pierrefitte connection – made 3million euros smuggling people Police have watched them for the past 12 months in a surveillance operation Earlier this month, French … Read more
A 19-year-old who found herself facing up to 16 years in jail after she was caught smuggling Ecstasy tablets into a music festival has avoided jail after a judge ruled she was ‘naive’ and ‘a good person at heart.’ College student Lily Bond, from Westhoughton, near Bolton, was 18 when a police sniffer dog found … Read more
‘How come a court proved you guilty?’ Schapelle Corby is reduced to tears in a trailer for SAS Australia as she’s interrogated about her drug smuggling past By Monique Friedlander For Daily Mail Australia Published: 01:43 BST, 5 October 2020 | Updated: 02:12 BST, 5 October 2020 Schapelle Corby’s reality TV debut won’t be a … Read more
You’re KNICKERED! Prison guard, 27, is locked up for three years after smuggling cocaine and cannabis into jail in her underwear Hannah Gaves formerly worked as a prison guard at Erlestoke Prison in Wiltshire She today pleaded guilty at Salisbury Crown Court to a string of drug offences Gaves has also been ordered to pay … Read more
A multi-million-pound cross-Channel smuggling racket is being masterminded by a UK-based criminal known as ‘The Banker’. Details of the shadowy Godfather figure emerged during the French trial of a gang of Afghans who smuggled migrants into Britain on small boats and in the back of lorries. The revelation comes as new analysis showed more than … Read more
A 76-year-old American senior citizen, who was jailed in Spain for smuggling 5lbs of cocaine became an unwitting drugs mule after suffering a brain injury, the US said. Victor Stemberger, from Virginia, is in a Spanish jail a year after flying into the country with cocaine expertly sewn into bubble jackets in a bag. The … Read more
Bulgaria’s top anti-drug cop is arrested for taking bribes from international smuggling cartels to let them operate Head of Bulgaria’s anti-drug trafficking unit was arrested for accepting bribes He has been detained along with two other high-ranking drug officers Took bribes from local and international drug rings in exchange for protection By Jemma Carr For … Read more
British man caught smuggling cocaine into Belgium inside a fake penis faces three years in prison He was arrested in February when he arrived at Brussels airport from Jamaica He initially failed a drugs test, with border agents detecting presence of cocaine Officials then found that he had hidden 127g of cocaine inside the artificial … Read more