An 18-month investigation tracked drugs allegedly smuggled into the UK in lorry loads of vegetables and juice. UK authorities seized almost 1.3 tons of heroin with a street value of £120 million ($148 million) from a container ship, in the nation's largest ever bust involving the drug. News • Feb 15, 2019 12:30 GMT Two men have been charged with drug offences after early morning raids in Southwark and Lambeth. Man killed drug bust gone wrong Ahmed recruited Saqib Nawaz who in turn recruited Majid Hussain to collect the cocaine from Ijaz Mirza at the London end of the operation. As you probably know, cannabis isn’t hard to get and is widely consumed all over the UK – and most of the world, for that matter.A barn in the sleepy village of Kingsclere, Hampshire, was home to a massive cannabis farm thought to be producing an annual turnover of £6 million.can is still Buy Using code HPJUNE for a 10% discount?Hello Anthony Not sure what you are looking for but if it is real Rick...One consequence of the UK’s war against cannabis has been the need for growers to be more creative, discreet and ambitious than ever. In one of the most intriguing busts of the year, police stumbled upon a secret tunnel leading to a reported £40 million underground cannabis farm in the basement of an old theatre in Deptford, south-east London..A police raid in October uncovered Lancashire’s ‘biggest-ever’ cannabis farm. The drugs had a total street value of more than £38 million, in three consignments in September 2018. Operation Dreadnought, a covert probe into organised crime in W…
Between them, police say they were responsible for importing huge amounts of drugs into the UK from the Netherlands.The officer said of the raid: "It's very important for disrupting a huge transportation network bringing millions and millions of pounds-worth of drugs into the UK, class A and class B.Thirteen men, aged between 24 and 59, were apprehended during dawn raids in London, Manchester, Stockport, St Helens, Warrington, Bolton, Dewsbury, and Leeds.“We suspect these men were involved in an industrial-scale operation – the biggest ever uncovered in the UK – bringing in tonnes of deadly drugs that were distributed to crime groups throughout the country.This investigation linked to an NCA operation, where 13 individuals were jailed for a total of 176 years, after the seizure of more than 100kg of heroin in 2015.“By working closely with partners here and overseas, in particular the Dutch National Police, we believe we have dismantled a well-established drug supply route.”The officer added that the individual they arrested was "certainly high up in the network we're investigating".Europol, Eurojust, Police of Finland National Bureau of Investigation, Border Force, HMRC and numerous police forces have also supported the NCA with the investigation.The full extent of the drug trafficking operation the NCA allege these men were involved in was uncovered following the interception of three consignments in September 2018.Tuesday arrests come after Dutch police arrested four men and two women from the Netherlands were also arrested in April 2019 by the Dutch National Police on European Arrest Warrants.An officer, who we have not identified, told ITV News National Editor Allegra Stratton how the raids were a big blow to the drugs operation.Subsequent enquiries led officers to believe they had imported drugs on numerous occasions between February 2017 and October 2018.Officers with the National Crime Agency say the sting has resulted in a total of 13 arrests - all alleged members of a cabal of drugs importers responsible for bringing in excess of 50 tonnes of drugs worth billions of pounds.They contained 351 kilos of cocaine, 92 kilos of heroin, 250 kilos of cannabis and 1,850 kilos of hemp/hashish, with a total street value of more than £38 million."And it's cutting off that supply network and cutting off the amount of drugs getting on to the streets."They are currently awaiting extradition to the UK.Police believe one of the country's largest coordinated drugs operations has been broken up following a series of dawn raids up and down the country.ITV News joined one raid in London and saw a suspect being roused just after 6.30am.The suspects are believed to be part of the UK arm of a well-established organised crime group that used Dutch and British front companies to import heroin, cocaine and cannabis – secreted within lorry loads of vegetables and juice – through UK ports over an 18-month period.“Stopping criminals who don’t care about the damage they are causing in communities, and the children being exploited by County Lines drug dealing, is an absolute priority.Jayne Lloyd, NCA Regional Head of Investigations, said: “The NCA targets organised crime groups causing the greatest harm to the UK.
Drug Bust: One of the Largest Cocaine Drug Busts in US History.Agence France-Presse / 12:29 AM June 20, 2019. The UK’s biggest-ever drugs bust was made in April 2016. UK seizes nearly $50m worth of heroin, one of its largest heroin busts ever By Samuel Quashie-Idun and Bianca Britton, CNN Updated 1746 GMT (0146 HKT) August 6, 2019 Tuesday 8 October 2019, 12:49pm. January 3, 2020 January 3, 2020 - by Jack Woodhouse - Leave a Comment. Found were between 8,000 to 10,000 cannabis plants at various stages of growth.A passionate cannabis proponent, Jack has been immersed in cannabis culture for over a decade.