Mum caught smuggling £500k worth cannabis into UK in suitcases
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Fri, 7 August 2026
1 report- walesonline.co.uk10:58first to report
Amy Jayne Durban, 45, from Cullompton in Devon, was arrested at Heathrow Airport after border force agents found 51.2kg of Thai cannabis in her suitcase
1 reprint
- liverpoolecho.co.uk7 Aug, 10:44their copy
Sat, 8 August 2026
1 report- dailymail.com20:06
The record number of arrests stood at 976 - up from 142 in 2023 - and in the six months to June this year the figure was already at 600, according to police figures.
Mon, 10 August 2026
2 reports- tportal (Croatia)17:29
Kokain za koji se procjenjuje da vrijedi više od 200 milijuna funti, odnosno gotovo 270 milijuna američkih dolara, pronađen je skriven u kutijama banana u britanskoj luci, prenosi u ponedjeljak dpa.
- Index.hr (Croatia)17:30
U BRITANSKOJ luci pronađeno je 2,9 tona kokaina skrivenog u kutijama banana, a vrijednost droge procjenjuje se na više od 200 milijuna eura.
1 reprint
- independent.co.uk11 Aug, 13:18their copy
Tue, 18 August 2026
5 reports- South China Morning Post08:47
Hong Kong customs has arrested 10 people and seized suspected cannabis buds worth an estimated HK$56 million (US$7 million) in a month-long operation targeting a syndicate accused of smuggling the drug from Southeast Asia to Europe and Africa via the city. Code-named Fire Mesh, the operation ran from July 13 to Monday this week and resulted in the seizure of about 240kg (529lbs) of cannabis buds, the Customs and Excise Department said on Tuesday. “We targeted transit baggage from Southeast...
- Google News - Europe query08:47
Customs arrests 10 over HK$56 million cannabis haul bound for Europe, Africa South China Morning Post
- coventrytelegraph.net10:45
Jordan Kane was arrested at Birmingham Airport after an X-ray scan found 17 packages of cannabis in his bag following a flight from Thailand
- AllAfrica16:19
[Premium Times] The NDLEA said the seizure, valued at about $27.7 million, was the largest interception of cocaine through a courier channel in the agency's history.
- BBC News World16:26
Afolabi Kazeem Micheal has not commented on allegations he is linked to a global drug trafficking network.
1 reprint
- Index.hr (Croatia)18 Aug, 17:03their copy
Wed, 19 August 2026
1 report- AllAfrica05:19
[This Day] The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has broken up an international cocaine trafficking ring that used Nigeria as a transit point for shipments bound for the United Kingdom, other parts of Europe, and Asia, arresting the syndicate's Nigerian ringleader as he tried to leave the country.
Thu, 20 August 2026
1 report- fox5dc.com14:40
Two New York men traveling from London were stopped at a Maryland airport last week after U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers discovered a massive haul of an illegal stimulant hidden in their luggage.
Fri, 21 August 2026
3 reports- ABC News (Australia)02:14
The 41-year-old man was charged with drugs and firearms offences after AFP and Queensland police officers conducted a search warrant at a Kangaroo Point home.
- freemalaysiatoday.com15:48
Five men were arrested in raids in Kuala Lumpur and Klang, with the police seizing goods from China, including alcoholic beverages and craft beer as well as cigarettes.
- manchestereveningnews.co.uk16:27
'My man gonna be on the other side - don't leave the airport until you see him leave'
Tue, 25 August 2026
1 report- shannonside.ie07:14
Revenue officers have seized contraband worth more than one hundred and eleven thousand euro in a series of operations including the Midlands over the past week...
Wed, 26 August 2026
2 reports- promptnewsonline.com06:58
By Ado Oyeyemi A Federal High Court in Lagos has sentenced a Canada returnee, Abimbola Daniel, to 11 years in prison for unlawfully importing and possessing 2.5 kilogrammes of cannabis. Justice Akintayo Aluko handed down the sentence on Monday after Daniel pleaded guilty to a two-count charge brought against him by the National Drug Law
- AllAfrica08:18
[Leadership] Justice Akintayo Aluko of the Federal High Court in Lagos has convicted and sentenced a Canadian-based Nigerian, Abimbola Daniel, to a total of 11 years' imprisonment for unlawfully importing and possessing 2.5 kilograms of Cannabis.
Fri, 28 August 2026
1 report- rnz.co.nz20:15
A man who smuggled more than $1 million worth of methamphetamine into New Zealand in a stock pot insisted he thought he was hiding gold, not drugs.
Sat, 29 August 2026
1 report- ianslive.in14:18
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Narcotics (CBN) seized 66,79,980 psychotropic tablets and arrested one person after intercepting a truck on the Chandigarh–Baddi interstate route during Operation Vajra 2.0, an official statement said on Saturday.
Mon, 31 August 2026
1 report- AllAfrica07:31
[Leadership] Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have recovered 3,900,030 tablets of Tramaking 225mg and Tapentadol 250mg, with a combined gross weight of 2,787.40kg and an estimated street value of over N4.6 billion.
Tue, 1 September 2026
1 report- South China Morning Post07:34
Malaysian police have crippled a cross-border drug syndicate with the seizure of 86.2kg of methamphetamine worth 4.31 million ringgit (US$1 million) in Penang and Selangor. The bust resulted from intelligence sharing between Malaysian and Thai police after Thai authorities seized 166kg (370lbs) of suspected methamphetamine from a Malaysian man in Hua Hin on August 8. Penang police chief Dennis Lim Kwang Keng said the information led to Ops Zoraptera, resulting in the arrest of four suspects –...
Thu, 3 September 2026
1 report- manilatimes.net16:12
A PASAY City court has sentenced two Chinese to life imprisonment for importing 240 kilograms of methamphetamine hydrochloride into the Philippines, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said.
Mon, 7 September 2026
3 reports- AllAfrica05:24
[Leadership] The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted a 20,000-litre fuel tanker fitted with a concealed compartment containing 2,145kg of cannabis, in a major breakthrough in its nationwide crackdown on illicit drug trafficking.
- brisbanetimes.com.au11:15
A jury in Perth was told how a bungled attempt to collect drugs from a bulk carrier led investigators to a $500 million haul of cocaine.
1 reprint
- theage.com.au7 Sept, 11:15their copy
- georgeherald.com14:11
NATIONAL NEWS - A large-scale cross-border...
Wed, 9 September 2026
2 reports- AllAfrica14:43
[Premium Times] The suspected drug trafficker was said to be on the run for about two years before his recent arrest outside Nigeria.
- AllAfrica15:11Nigeria: KC Luxury Asks Court to Lift 30-Day Detention Order, NDLEA Justifies Drugs Suspect's Remand
[Premium Times] Relying on Sections 293 to 299 of the ACJA, particularly Section 296(1), the lawyer said the law did not permit a court to order a suspect's remand for more than 14 days in the first instance.
Thu, 10 September 2026
2 reports- Libération (France)19:05
La drogue a été découverte en début de semaine par les douaniers dans un conteneur en provenance du Ghana. Au total, 167 ballots de cocaïne dissimulés «dans des déchets de plastique» ont été saisis.
- Vecernji list (Croatia)21:22
Kokain je bio skriven u kontejneru s plastičnim otpadom koji je stigao iz Gane. Pošiljka je djelomično bila namijenjena i belgijskoj luci Antwerpenu.
Fri, 11 September 2026
3 reports- punchng.com04:40
The Nigeria Customs Service, Apapa Command, details a massive Apapa Customs seizure of 13 containers with drugs and expired goods valued at N43.58bn.
- South China Morning Post07:56
Tokyo police arrested two American women for allegedly smuggling US$1 million worth of cannabis, with one suspect claiming she was motivated by a free trip to Japan, an official and media reports said on Friday. The pair, both 25, arrived at Tokyo’s Haneda airport from New York last Saturday with two suitcases in which “cannabis-like dried plants were secretly stored”, a police spokesman said. Japan has some of the world’s strictest drug laws and smuggling or possession of illegal narcotics...
- nypost.com20:09