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Cocaine laid out at Portsmouth

Almost £20m worth of cocaine has been seized at Portsmouth Docks, sparking a National Crime Agency investigation.

Cocaine bales laid out on a blue floor

Eleven offenders guilty of plot to retrieve 500kg of cocaine from the ocean – as NCA releases bonus episode of podcast series Underworld exploring the chemical concealment of cocaine.

Black rubber boats pilled up together

At least 25 inflatable boats and 25 outboard engines which would have been delivered to people smuggling gangs have been seized at Felixstowe, as part of a National Crime Agency investigation.

Bennett custody image

A British man who fled to Spain has been sentenced for masterminding the supply of drugs and illegal firearms worth £3.75m.

Zane Hutton-Lewis

A man has been jailed for trying to smuggle around £430,000 worth of cannabis on a flight from Thailand, following an investigation by Scotland’s Organised Crime Partnership team.

Two men in front of the NCA logo

Six suspected scammers targeting UK victims from a Nigerian compound have been arrested following joint working between the National Crime Agency, Nigerian Police Force and Meta.

Jubair and Flowers

Two young men have been sentenced for launching a cyber attack on Transport for London (TfL) which cost tens of millions of pounds in losses and inconvenienced thousands of customers.

Bhandari, Morris and Bhandari

A group who fraudulently claimed to be able to provide PPE during the pandemic but instead spent hundreds of thousands of pounds on house renovations and luxury cars have been convicted after a National Crime Agency investigation.

NCA logo on a car

Five people have been charged as part of a National Crime Agency investigation into Russian Coms, a group which made products used by criminals to defraud victims all over the world.

NCA logo

A pair of people smugglers who arranged the transport of Vietnamese migrants to the UK hidden in lorries have been sentenced.

NCA and Police officers

A man from London has been charged with smuggling cannabis from Thailand, following a National Crime Agency investigation.

NCA sign

A young couple from Merseyside have been charged with smuggling cannabis from Thailand, following a National Crime Agency investigation.

Khan, Small and Ahmad

The mastermind of a largescale drugs ring and his gang members have been jailed, following a National Crime Agency investigation.

Bullen arrested plus his custody photo

The kingpin of a £109 million drugs network has been jailed, after a National Crime Agency-led international investigation unearthed his criminality.

NCA logo on a car

A 45-year-old woman has been charged with smuggling 51.2kg of cannabis from Thailand on a flight to the United Kingdom, following a National Crime Agency investigation.

suitcase with a poster of the new fining policy

The ‘average’ British courier will have to pay around £17,700 to leave the country.