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Two drugs smugglers who attempted to import cocaine with a street value of £42 million into the UK on a small boat have been jailed.

Gangsters get FOILED smuggling £42m of cocaine on inflatable boat

Photo issued by National Crime Agency of bundles of cash seized

Money launderer linked to multibillion-dollar ring had £1m Scots notes

People who move to the UK pay much higher fees and costs than those who migrate to countries like Germany and Australia (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Dealer caught smuggling £90k of cannabis through Edinburgh Airport

The haul of £600,000 worth of cannabis seized at Stansted Airport

Scottish footballer charged over £600k cannabis haul seized at airport

Charlie the cockatoo has been caged for three months at Heathrow over paperwork issues

Pet bird caged at Heathrow for three months over missing paperwork

One package was found on the Isle of Wight (Image: National Crime Agency)

A significant amount of cocaine has washed up on England's south coast

The authorities are cracking down on the export of dual use goods

Don’t fall foul of HMRC by breaching export control laws - Stacy Keen

The PCS Union (Credit: Getty Images)

PCS union announce 100,000 members will strike on Budget Day

Emirates’ Airbus A3800-800 airliner approaches Heathrow international airport, where Border Force agents discovered a package contaminated with uranium in December

Scotland Yard continue investigations in uranium contaminated package

Army personal at Heathrow airport on there way to work on border control. Picture: SWNS

Union boss warns travellers could face months of disruption

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Passengers arriving at Edinburgh Airport on Monday as the quarantine restrictions were introduced. Picture: Lisa Ferguson.

Quarantine 'massively increased' Border Force exposure from air passengers

International travellers, including residents returning from abroad, could face police spot checks and fines if they fail to self-isolate on arrival in the UK (Photo: Shutterstock)

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Cameras will initially be used to monitor arrivals in immigration halls in Terminal 2 (Photo: Shutterstock)

Heathrow and Edinburgh airports to trial temperature checks - here’s how it work...

Edinburgh Airport. Picture: Ian Georgeson

Temperature checks to be introduced at Edinburgh Airport

An X-ray scan of the boat as it was towed on a trailer through Dover showed a man, woman and child concealed inside picture: PA

Two men jailed after trying to smuggle Iraqi nationals including a child into UK...

The coastguard at Dover are responding to boat crossings in the channel with other UK authorities. Picture: PA Wire

Record number of migrants intercepted crossing English Channel in single day

German migrant rescue charity NGO Sea-Eye helping people to get off an overloaded boat in July. Picture: Getty Images

Migrant boats intercepted off UK coast after French camp clearances

Make sure your travel plans aren't caught out (Photo: Shutterstock)

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The boat was intercepted on the English Channel. Picture: PA

More than 20 suspected illegal immigrants intercepted crossing the English Chann...

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Home Secretary Sajid Javid has cut his break short after migrant boats were intercepted in the Channel. Pictures: PA

Channel migrants: Sajid Javid declares '˜major incident' as he returns to work

French authorities have rescued eight migrants, including two children, whose engine failed as they tried to sneak across the English Channel to Britain. Picture: Marine Nationale via AP

Major incident declared after string of migrant Channel crossings over Christmas

British Prime Minister Theresa May hugs Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission, as they meet in Brussels, Picture; AP

No deal Brexit could harm national security as preparations fall behind

Edinburgh Airport to charge £5 to jump passport queues

The four males travelled from Zeebrugge to Rosyth on the Finlandia Seaways ferry. File picture: Contributed

Four migrants arrested at Rosyth '˜trying to enter UK'

The cocaine found in her toiletries. Picture: Contributed

Woman jailed for smuggling cocaine in toiletries

The tugboat, left, is intercepted by the Border Force vessel Valiant. Picture: Getty

Cocaine taken from boat off Aberdeen ‘worth £500m’

The ocean-going tug MV Hamal was intercepted by the frigate HMS Somerset and Border Force cutter Valiant. Picture: NCA/PA

North Sea boat crew charged with drug trafficking

Thirteen migrants were found in a tanker in Dover, Kent. Picture: PA

13 migrants found in tanker at Dover

Tilbury docks had resumed business as usual yesterday. Picture: PA

Kids aged 1 to 12 trapped in shipping container

The Cape Maria was delivering coal to Hunterston. Picture: Alma Maritime

Cocaine worth £30m found in Scotland-bound ship

Picture: PA

Border Force failing to protect national security

The task force has been set up by HM Revenue and Customs. Picture: PA

HMRC task force to catch Scots fishing tax dodgers

Pensioner in court on drug smuggling charge

Officers seize 30m smuggled cigarettes

Woman on drugs charge

Edinburgh Airport: Woman on cocaine charge

Hundreds of passengers delayed at Glasgow Airport after computer failure

Suspect animal remedies seized

Man arrested over drugs

Border Agency ‘forced to hire staff after rushing to cut too many jobs’
THE troubled UK Border Agency has cut too many staff too quickly and is now having to hire extra people and increase overtime to meet demands, Whitehall’s spend...

Hits and misses by Border Force staff

Fake Olympic goods intercepted in UK

Scot held for drugs totalling cool £1m

£6.5m of cocaine is found on fruit ship

Revealed: real reason for Heathrow chaos

Revealed: real reason for Heathrow chaos

Retirees to staff border controls

Heathrow gagged over queues leaflet

Heathrow ‘may not cope’

Many firms break Iran sanctions

‘No-one to blame’ for Border fiasco

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