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Gang jailed after UK's largest seizure of heroin and cocaine

Members of an organised crime gang who were arrested after the UK’s largest seizure of Class A drugs have been jailed.

Christmas “party planner” jailed in first laughing gas drug conviction

A drug dealer who was caught red-handed with party bags containing cannisters of laughing gas alongside balloons and candy canes has become the first person to be jailed for possession of the class C drug since it was outlawed by the Home Office.

Mother sentenced after severely injuring her child

A West Midlands mother who caused serious harm to her child after overdosing them with paracetamol and codeine has been sentenced.

Six men jailed as multimillion-pound Manchester-based firearm and drug operation dismantled

Six men have been jailed for their part in a multimillion-pound operation which saw class A drugs and firearms sold around the UK.

The men were part of a Manchester-based organised crime group which sold drugs wholesale, in high volumes, particularly cocaine in kilos, at prices between £36,000 and £40,500 through an established network of contacts.

The drugs they sold ended up on the streets of Manchester and London and other parts of the North West, North East, Scotland, the Midlands, and the South.

Drug smugglers foiled by farmer jailed over £29 million plot

Two men, whose conspiracy to smuggle drugs and cigarettes into the UK was foiled after a farmer accidentally spotted a consignment of cocaine, have been handed lengthy prison sentences today.

UPDATED WITH SENTENCE: Ringleader of multi-million pound cocaine importing gang is convicted

The ringleader of a gang who conspired to import millions of pounds worth of cocaine has been sentenced to 24 years in prison.

£9.8 million to be seized from man who produced steroids on commercial scale

Mohammed Afzal who was convicted as part of a conspiracy to produce commercial quantities of illegal medical drugs has been ordered to pay back millions of pounds or face 10 extra years in prison.

£1.59bn drugs ring: Organised Crime Group jailed for a combined total of 58 years.

Six members of an organised crime group have been jailed for smuggling into the UK 15 tonnes of cocaine worth £1.59bn in boxes of frozen chicken.

Organised crime group who conspired to import £11m of cocaine hidden in shipment of bananas jailed

Four men have been jailed a combined total of 62 years for conspiring to import 139kg of cocaine into the country hidden in a shipment of bananas.

The CPS prosecuted Robert Ball, 59, Mirgent Shahu, 32, Arman Kaviani, 37 and Florjan Ibra, 30, following an investigation by the National Crime Agency (NCA). The offenders were all charged with one count of conspiracy to evade the prohibition on the importation of a controlled drug.

Drugs and firearms dealer who was also involved in the shooting of a man by a school is jailed

A drugs and firearms dealer, who was involved in the shooting of another man within yards of children leaving a primary school, has been given a 29-year sentence.

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