Watch as officers search for the drugs on board the ocean going tugboat Thoran, which was intercepted in the Atlantic Ocean, around 400 miles from the Spanish coast
National Crime Agency
10 tonnes of cocaine and heroin seized from boats in the Mediterranean and Atlantic
The National Crime Agency has announced that just over 10 tonnes of heroin and cocaine have been found on boats in the Mediterranean and Atlantic in the last 10 months
Boaters reminded to report unusual or suspicious activity
With the boating season well and truly underway, agencies behind Project Kraken are asking sailors to be their eyes and ears
2.4 tonnes of cocaine intercepted in the Atlantic Ocean
The drugs, worth around £100 million wholesale, were found on a South American fishing vessel around 1,200 nautical miles south west of the Canary Islands
4.2 tonnes of cocaine seized off South America
The drugs, worth more than £150 million, were on a 70-foot flagged fishing vessel, Lady Michelle, in what is the biggest cocaine bust in the Atlantic since 1999
£50 million of cocaine found on two Norfolk beaches
An investigation is underway after 360 kilos of cocaine was found washed up on two beaches in Norfolk
£80m of cocaine seized from fishing trawler off Falmouth
A captain and two crew have been charged after more than a tonne of cocaine was discovered on a fishing trawler off Falmouth, Cornwall.
Video: 42 years for tug captain and first officer who smuggled £512m of cocaine
The captain and first officer of an ocean going tug boat are now starting lengthy prison sentences after being found guilty of trafficking £512 million worth of cocaine.
Dutch yacht cocaine smugglers sentenced
Hendrik Brugmans and Raymond Aalders were sentenced to more than 34 years in prison after admitting carrying nearly a tonne of cocaine across the Atlantic in their yacht.
Yachts used to transport migrants to the UK; gang arrested
French police say they've arrested five people in the Breton port of Saint-Quay-Portrieux after finding migrants stowed away on a yacht bound for the UK.
Tonne of cocaine worth £56m seized from Dutch yacht in Kent
Border Force officers intercepted the yacht off the Kent coast and took it to Dover. The Force’s deep rummage team found 1,200 kilos of cocaine, over a tonne, stashed on board of the yacht, called Golem. Two Dutch nationals have been arrested and charged with drug traffic offences. Elaine Game,…
Arrests at Cuxton Marina following investigation into firearms importation
A total of eight people were arrested in the Kent area as part of the investigation into suspected firearms importation
Yachtsmen arrested after cocaine seized from yacht in Brighton marina
A joint operation between Border Force and the National Crime Agency saw three kilos of cocaine recovered from the yacht in Brighton marina
West Yorkshire man charged over cocaine seized from Makayabella yacht
The man is the fifth person to be charged in the UK in connection with the Makayabella seizure
Record cocaine haul recovered from tug in the North Sea
The National Crime Agency has revealed more than three tonnes of cocaine was recovered from a tug last week in the North Sea
Two tonnes of cocaine seized from a yacht in the Caribbean
A joint operation involving the National Crime Agency saw 80 bales of cocaine seized from a yacht about to begin a transatlantic crossing