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A man who tried to smuggle £4m worth of ketamine into the UK has been jailed for three years and nine months after National Crime Agency (NCA) officers recovered footage of him buying wood to conceal the drugs.

Three men have today been jailed for their roles in an organised crime group that smuggled several billion pounds worth of heroin, cocaine and cannabis into the UK.

The boss of an organised crime group who set up a front company to handle returned items for Amazon and Argos has been jailed for 20 years over a plot to import 1.3 tonnes of cocaine into the United Kingdom.

Two men, including the son of crime boss Thomas 'Bomber' Kavanagh, who were involved in a plot to plant firearms and ammunition in a bid to reduce the crime boss's prison term have been sentenced following a National Crime Agency investigation.

Twenty firearms have been seized from a suspected gun factory following an intelligence-led operation by the National Crime Agency (NCA).

The National Crime Agency has participated in a global operation to degrade some of the most popular services used by cyber criminals to carry out cyber attacks that affect public services and cripple businesses in the UK.

The National Crime Agency (NCA) has agreed a £12m settlement representing what it suspects to be the proceeds of crime.

A suspected people smuggler wanted by German law enforcement has been arrested by officers from the National Crime Agency in Leicestershire.

National Crime Agency officers have supported a major operation targeting an Iraqi people smuggling network moving migrants to the UK via France.

Two brothers who raped vulnerable girls 18 years ago have been convicted following a National Crime Agency (NCA) investigation.

An international NCA-led investigation - Operation Destabilise - has exposed and disrupted Russian money laundering networks supporting serious and organised crime around the world: spanning from the streets of the UK, to the Middle East, Russia, and South America.

Five members of an organised crime group that smuggled 2.7 tonnes of cocaine in a shipment of bananas from south America have been jailed.

The last member of an organised crime group who plotted to send 448 kilos of MDMA to Australia has been jailed for 23 years following an NCA investigation.

A man from Airdrie who tried to import thousands of ecstasy tablets into the UK via the postal system in a deal arranged over Snapchat has been jailed.

The country's longest ever running criminal trial heard that an international crime group smuggled billions of pounds of drugs into the UK

Members of an organised crime group that attempted to import 1.2 tonnes of cocaine into the UK with the help of a corrupt port security guard have been jailed for a total of more than 74 years following a major National Crime Agency-led operation.

A man from Exeter who distributed videos of himself sexually assaulting a young girl online has been jailed for 25 years.

Two men who ran a people smuggling ring from Caerphilly to move thousands of migrants across Europe have been convicted following a National Crime Agency investigation.

A man suspected of being involved in a people smuggling organised crime group bringing people from France and Belgium has been brought back to the UK after absconding.

Five people have been arrested and charged as part of an ongoing National Crime Agency (NCA) investigation into migrant smuggling from the UK to France in lorries.

The National Crime Agency has participated in a major international operation targeting a Syrian organised crime group considered one of Europe's most significant people smuggling networks.

A Gloucestershire man who sent payments to the Philippines in return for live feeds of children being sexually abused has been jailed following a National Crime Agency (NCA) investigation.

A trio of people smugglers who made several failed attempts to transport migrants across the Channel have been convicted following a National Crime Agency investigation.

A man who tried to smuggle eight firearms into the UK has been jailed for eight years and three months.

A man suspected of being a significant supplier of small boats equipment to people smugglers has been arrested, as part of an operation involving the National Crime Agency and Dutch and Belgian partners.

Six people have been arrested and charged following a major drug seizure at Birmingham International Airport.

A National Crime Agency investigation has led to the conviction of three men for people smuggling offences, including a ‘fixer’ suspected of being behind dozens of cross-Channel small boat crossings.

National Crime Agency (NCA) officers have arrested four men and seized approximately 400 kilos of cocaine after a fishing boat was stopped at sea off the Kent coast. 

Five men from Merseyside have been jailed over a plot to supply a blank firing gun that was converted to be lethal, following an investigation by the specialist Merseyside Organised Crime Partnership.

A man who organised cross-Channel small boat crossings from his home in Lancashire has been jailed for 17 years after being found guilty of people smuggling charges, following an investigation by the National Crime Agency.

The National Crime Agency (NCA) has arrested nine people in the UK as it collaborated with international partners on INTERPOL's largest-ever operation targeting people smuggling and human trafficking.

A man arrested by the National Crime Agency and extradited to France is among 18 people who have been convicted for people smuggling offences in a court in Lille.

A man who subjected a vulnerable young girl to years of sustained sexual abuse 17 years ago has been jailed for 12 years, following a National Crime Agency investigation.

The NCA officially marked the end of its three-year term as Chair of the Virtual Global Taskforce (VGT), at a summit in London last week. 

A Liverpool drug dealer who planned to blast the legs of three people with a shotgun in retribution attacks has been jailed for 35 years following a National Crime Agency investigation.

A businessman who used his specialist knowledge to help criminals produce thousands of dangerous illegal drugs has been jailed for 13 years, following a National Crime Agency (NCA) investigation.

Three people have been jailed after more than 100 kilos of cannabis was smuggled into the UK via Heathrow Airport.

A senior member of an organised crime group (OCG) that ran an industrial scale amphetamine lab in Scotland, and trafficked heroin and cocaine, has been convicted following his extradition by the National Crime Agency.

Three people including a husband and wife have been charged in an NCA investigation linked to international PPE(Personal Protective Equipment) fraud.

A man from Exeter has been convicted of distributing videos of himself sexually assaulting a young girl online, following an investigation by the National Crime Agency.

A man who hid a self-loading pistol and 13 kilos of cocaine in his wardrobe – along with drug dealing equipment - has been jailed.

An organised crime group that used a haulage company as a front to smuggle millions of pounds of cocaine into the UK has been dismantled by the National Crime Agency (NCA).

A man from Leeds who tried to smuggle more than 100 kilos of cannabis into the UK via Heathrow Airport has been jailed following a National Crime Agency investigation.

National Crime Agency investigators have arrested five men in Luton and London in connection with the seizure of more than half a tonne of cannabis at Birmingham Airport.

A man who used social media to blackmail children as young as 10 into sending him indecent images of themselves has been sentenced.

A man who saved more than 400 child sexual abuse images and videos on phones, a laptop and cloud storage accounts has been jailed, following a National Crime Agency (NCA) investigation.

Tests by the National Crime Agency and policing show four Turkish models are readily convertible and therefore illegal

An 80-year-old German man has been charged with smuggling class A drugs after a consignment of methamphetamine was found in his suitcase, in a National Crime Agency investigation.

Three men have been sentenced after a National Crime Agency investigation uncovered an elaborate plot to acquire firearms and ammunition to help the head of an organised crime group get a reduced prison sentence.

A group of men from south east England have been sentenced for importing 1,500 kilos of cannabis from Ghana to the UK hidden in sacks of Gari powder.