Family of three suspected of smuggling over 70 people to Finland

Lisbon: Spanish and Portuguese police say a joint operation resulted in the seizure of 745kg of cocaine, much of it...

Poles detained in UK for smuggling arms and drugs

Dover Eastern Docks’ Border Force officers on Friday found 20 handguns, 1,000 rounds of ammunition and a variety of class...

IMF warns about Spanish economy’s vulnerability from external imbalance

Spain’s net international investment position (NIIP), or the difference between its external financial assets and liabilities, has improved from -94%...

Deficit rises to 121% of full-year target in August

Hungaryʼs cash flow-based general government, excluding local councils, ran a HUF 1,646.2 billion deficit at the end of August, the...

Two arrested for smuggling alcohol in Oman

Muscat: A citizen and an expat were arrested by the Royal Oman Police (ROP) on charges of smuggling alcoholic beverages....

Police make public 2 arrested with 10 kg gold

Police on Monday made public two persons arrested in possession of 10 kg gold from Sardibas, Chumnubri Rural Municipality-3, Gorkha...

Drug smugglers arrested at sea

KUWAIT: A citizen and a non-Kuwaiti were arrested with 22 kg of hashish they fished out from the sea, said...

Customs thwarts smuggling of 2.8 tonnes of tobacco

Doha: Inspectors of the General Authority of Customs have seized 2,873 kg (2.8 tonnes) of prohibited tobacco materials at Hamad...

Jordan thwarts attempt to smuggle weapons, narcotics

AMMAN: Jordan's armed forces thwarted an attempt to smuggle weapons, narcotics and terrorists into the Kingdom, the state-run Petra news...

A strong room holds seized narcotics at the Counter Narcotics Police of Afghanistan (CNPA) Headquarters in Lashkar Gah, Helmand Province, Afghanistan.

This image shows the storage facility for seized drugs in Helmand province from the last six months (a total of 3785 kg of narcotics worth £265m).

Imagery captured showing the work of the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in central Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
The Helmand PRT is a mulitnational team, with staff supplied by the UK, US, Danish and Estonian governments.
The UK has run the management platform for the PRT since 1 May 2006, when it assumed responsibility from the US.
The PRT comprises 91 civilian, 94 military and 27 civilian police staff in Lashkar Gah and district centres across Helmand. It also employs approximately 30 locally engaged staff, bringing the total staff to 242.
The PRT helps the Afghan Government deliver effective government and security across all Helmand Province.

Drug Smuggling Supported by Maysan’s Tribes

Smuggling drugs through Iraq on the way to the Gulf and Europe is big business in Maysan province – and...

5000 Afghan Birds Smuggled in a Year

Smugglers have stolen nearly 5000 birds out of Afghanistan in the past 12 months, taking them to various countries particularly...

Taiwan probes meat smuggling from China to avoid African swine fever

Taipei: A special inter-ministerial operation has been launched to investigate the smuggling of meat products from China, where a highly...

Three Norwegians arrested for drug smuggling in Spain

Spanish police arrested three Norwegians and a Spaniard in Malaga, Spain. They are suspected of attempting to smuggle around 10...

Man who spent 18 years in Indonesian jail for smuggling hash returns to France

A Frenchman detained for 18 years after trying to smuggle drugs into Bali arrived in Geneva and was on his...

Germany arrests Albanian over record cocaine smuggling

An Albanian businessman suspected of being involved in smuggling a record 613 kilos (1351 pounds) of Colombian cocaine in a...

Cocaine smuggling is corrupting Antwerp politics, says mayor

The scale of cocaine smuggling at the port of Antwerp – through which half of Europe’s supply of the drug...

Brazilian woman arrested from New Delhi airport for smuggling cocaine worth Rs 6 crore by swallowing 106 capsules

A 25-year-old Brazilian woman has been arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) from the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport...

Drug couriers caught smuggling $2m of ecstasy into New Zealand jailed

Two drug couriers caught trying to smuggle 5kg of ecstasy, with a rough street value of $2 million, into New...

Couple arrested at Tokyo’s Haneda airport for attempting to smuggle meth worth ¥1.8 billion