The ringleader of a criminal gang that attempted to flood the UK with more than 79 million illegal cigarettes has been jailed for more than eight years

Unemployed Ary Majeed, of Tennyson Road, Coventry, spearheaded an illegal cigarette and money laundering operation, using a fleet of vehicles and a network of couriers. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) seized millions of cigarettes from Majeed’s network of suppliers. The cigarettes were found on lorries and inside shipping containers and storage units, some of which […]

Cocaine with an estimated street value of up to £2 million has been seized by officers investigating a drugs supply network with links to Tunbridge Wells and Folkestone

  A man and a woman have been arrested after the drugs were recovered as part of an investigation by the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate.   Officers searched an address in Marlowe Close, Maldon, Essex during the afternoon of Wednesday 18 August 2021.They discovered 11 pressed blocks of suspected cocaine. Significant volumes of powder, […]