Corrupt prison officer jailed – The Independent
“Police today pledged to crack down on corrupt prison officers after a male officer was jailed for smuggling drugs to inmates.”
The Independent, 28th May 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Category: drug trafficking
Curtis Warren to appeal in Europe at Jersey conviction – BBC News
“The UK drugs baron Curtis Warren intends to appeal to the European Court of Human Rights against his conviction for importing cannabis into Jersey.”
BBC News, 16th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
London man jailed for heroin smuggling – UK Border Agency
“A man from London has been sentenced to 7 years in prison at Canterbury Crown Court after pleading guilty to heroin smuggling.”
UK Border Agency, 11th May 2011
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
Essex man jailed for £2.5 million drug smuggling attempt – UK Border Agency
“A 64-year-old man from Corringham, Essex has been sentenced to prison for 9 years and 4 months after pleading guilty to trying to import heroin and cocaine into the UK.”
UK Border Agency, 31st March 2011
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
Drug runners to avoid prison under sentencing guidelines – Daily Telegraph
“Drug runners and small–scale dealers could escape prison even if caught with a 50–gram bag of cocaine or heroin or dozens of Ecstasy pills, under planned new guidance for courts.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th March 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Drug lord Curtis Warren’s conviction stands after supreme court rejects plea – The Guardian
“One of Britain’s most notorious drug dealers, Curtis Warren, has lost a legal battle that would have led to his conviction being overturned.”
The Guardian, 28th March 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Two sentenced over multi-million cannabis plot – UK Borders Agency
“Two members of a drug trafficking gang have been given prison sentences totalling 22 years for smuggling millions of pounds’ worth of cannabis into the UK.”
UK Borders Agency, 16th February 2011
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
Great Yarmouth drug dealers’ sentences increased – BBC News
“Two men jailed for supplying cocaine in Great Yarmouth have had their ‘unduly lenient’ sentences increased.”
BBC News, 20th Janaury 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Six jailed for smuggling cocaine on cruise ship – UK Border Agency
“Six Bulgarian and Lithuanian nationals have been jailed for a total of 87 years for attempting to smuggle approximately 35kg of cocaine, with an estimated street value of £1.4 million, into the UK aboard a cruise ship.”
UK Border Agency, 11th January 2011
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
Croydon man jailed for heroin smuggling – UK Border Agency
“A Bulgarian man living in Croydon has been sentenced to 7 years in prison at Canterbury Crown Court after pleading guilty to heroin smuggling.”
UK Border Agency, 17th December 2010
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
Al Hassan-Daniel and another v Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs – WLR Daily
“There were perceptible and sound policy reasons why the defence of ex turpi causa non oritur actio did not form part of the Strasbourg jurisprudence, save when the matter came to just satisfaction. To introduce it into a claim under the Human Rights Act 1998 would be to create a barrier which citizens of other member states did not face.”
WLR Daily, 16th December 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Colombians jailed for Tilbury cocaine smuggling – UK Border Agency
“Two Colombian men who stowed away on a ship for 12 days in an attempt to smuggle 50 kg of cocaine across the Atlantic Ocean were jailed for 14 years on 24 November.”
UK Border Agency, 25th November 2010
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
Plymouth couple jailed for dealing drugs – BBC News
“A Plymouth couple described by police as drugs dealers of the ‘highest level’ have been jailed.”
BBC News, 5th November 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Drug smuggler jailed for six years – UK Border Agency
“A drug smuggler has been jailed for 6 years after he was caught at Manchester Airport with cocaine and cannabis hidden in a cigarette carton.”
UK Border Agency, 7th October 2010
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
Air stewardess jailed for cocaine smuggling – UK Border Agency
“A South African Airways flight attendant who tried to smuggle cocaine into the UK hidden in her bra and knickers has been jailed for 7 years.”
UK Border Agency, 27th September 2010
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
Dutch crystal meth smugglers are jailed – UK Border Agency
“Two Dutchmen have been jailed for a total of 22 years after being found guilty of attempting to smuggle 3kg of methylamphetamine (known as ‘crystal meth’) into the UK.”
UK Border Agency, 16th August 2010
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
Cocaine smuggler jailed for 20 years after drug-laced rum killed drinker – The Guardian
“A smuggler has been jailed for 20 years for the manslaughter of a taxi driver who died after unwittingly drinking a shot of rum from a bottle heavily laced with cocaine.”
The Guardian, 11th August 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
£30m heroin smuggler avoids deportation thanks to obscure law – Daily Telegraph
“A Turkish drug trafficker sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment for his role in one of Britain’s largest-ever heroin seizures cannot be deported because of an obscure European law.”
Daily Telegraph, 31st July 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Landmark ruling in drugs case – UK Border Agency
“A Spanish woman has been sentenced to nine years in prison in a landmark drug smuggling prosecution by the UK Border Agency.”
UK Border Agency, 6th July 2010
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
Royal Navy wren jailed for smuggling £2m of cocaine on warship – Daily Telegraph
“A Royal Navy wren who came to Britain as an asylum seeker has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years for smuggling £2 million worth of cocaine into the UK on board a warship.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th June 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
