An armourer who converted blank firing guns to become deadly weapons and planned to produce industrial supplies of methylamphetamine in the Lake District has been sentenced to 22 years and three months in jail following a National Crime Agency investigation.
A man from Bristol has been charged with firearms offences in connection with the purchase of almost 40 handguns and the discovery of two other weapons in the city.
Seven men have been arrested in Nigeria after intelligence identified a scam compound targeting UK victims.
The 50th person to be convicted under the National Crime Agency’s largest ever sexual abuse investigation has been jailed for 20 years for raping a child and a young woman in the 2000s.
Five people have been arrested as part of a National Crime Agency investigation into a people smuggling network suspected of transporting Vietnamese migrants to the UK in lorries and small boats.
The UK’s policing leads for child sexual abuse (CSA) are today warning that despite unprecedented levels of law enforcement action to tackle offending, advances in technology and the reliance on online platforms to communicate are significantly increasing the opportunities for offenders to engage with and sexually abuse children.
A man who ran multiple online child abuse chat groups has been sentenced, following a National Crime Agency investigation.
A rapist has faced justice 20 years after committing his crimes, following an investigation by the National Crime Agency (NCA).
A man wanted in connection with a fatal small boat crossing last year has been arrested in Liverpool by officers from the National Crime Agency.
A suspected people smuggling boss has been arrested in Birmingham as part of a joint investigation involving the National Crime Agency and West Midlands Police.
A man who tried to scam university applicants out of thousands of pounds has been jailed, following a National Crime Agency investigation.
Members of a 24/7 drugs supply gang who offered a special discount on cocaine to mark the release of a Premier League footballer’s kidnapped father have been jailed for more than 63 years.
A man has been charged with smuggling firearms and ammunition after 55 loaded Glock pistols were discovered.
A sixth man has been charged with conspiring to facilitate illegal immigration, as part of a National Crime Agency investigation into people smuggling.
An ex-footballer who used his club’s name as the password for an encrypted phone with which he made drug deals worth half a million pounds, has been jailed for nine years today, 2 February.
Three drug dealers who discussed trading military grade weapons have been jailed for 75 years in total.