Eight people have been arrested as part of a National Crime Agency operation targeting a suspected network of cash couriers responsible for laundering more than £50 million in criminal profits.
A man wanted by the National Crime Agency for eight years for his alleged role in a large-scale international drug trafficking plot has been arrested in Dubai.
Two men have been charged after a loaded gun, ammunition, £60,000 in cash and cocaine was seized at a flat in Brent Cross, North West London.
Two National Crime Agency officers who tackled armed suspects fleeing an illegal firearms factory have been awarded the Queen’s Commendation for Bravery.
A truck driver from Luton has been jailed for attempting to smuggle a group of migrants out of the UK.
A computing student who had almost 500 child sexual abuse images including two horrific videos of very young victims being assaulted has been sentenced to 12 months in prison suspended for two years.
Three people have been arrested for allegedly importing drugs into Northern Ireland, and a fourth detained on suspicion of firearms offences as part of a Paramilitary Crime Task Force operation.
Three people have been charged after an amphetamine lab was found near Redditch on Tuesday (27 April).
Rob Jones, NCA Director of Threat Leadership: “The NCA was pleased to participate in the Ransomware Task Force (RTF) and welcomes the opportunity to build on our engagement with a range of public and private sector partners to tackle the global ransomware threat.
The National Crime Agency has issued an alert to the UK maritime industry, warning them that organised crime groups may target them to obtain small boats for people smugglers.
Ten men have been arrested and 124kg of class A drugs recovered in a joint operation between the National Crime Agency and Metropolitan Police’s Organised Crime Partnership (OCP).
An industrial-scale laboratory producing large quantities of amphetamine has been uncovered as part of a National Crime Agency Operation Venetic investigation.
A couple who sexually abused an eight-year-old girl have been sent to prison, after a National Crime Agency investigation.
A man has been remanded to custody accused of supplying a Skorpion machine gun and supplying class A and B drugs.
A London builder has been jailed for seven years for attempting to smuggle a firearm and ammunition into the UK from The Netherlands in the post.
A London man who joined video chatrooms streaming the live and pre-recorded abuse of children has been jailed for two years and six months.
