A 61-year-old West Midlands man was sentenced to 4 and half years imprisonment at Canterbury Crown Court on 3 September for attempting to smuggle approximately 5kgs of cocaine into the UK through Dover docks.

The regional director in Scotland and Northern Ireland Phil Taylor has been explaining how changes to the organisation of the immigration crime team at Stranraer will mean work to uncover illegal immigrants at the port will continue to be carried out.

The UK Border Agency would like to hear from you if you have ever spotted suspicious goings on at small ports, airfields or remote coastal areas near you.

Four people have been arrested following a series of UK Border Agency raids in County Durham.

Six would-be illegal immigrants from Vietnam have been caught trying to sneak into the UK on board a lorry heading for Peterborough.

A 72-year-old man from Wellingborough has appeared in court charged with attempting to smuggle heroin into the UK through Heathrow airport.

Cocaine with a street value of £8.25m has been seized by the UK Border Agency at Tilbury, the biggest single detection of class A drugs at the port in 6 years.

The government will ensure that the UK maximises the benefits of immigration, Immigration Minister Damian Green has said in a speech to the Royal Commonwealth Society.

Two illegal workers have been arrested following a UK Border Agency raid on a pizza takeaway in Nottingham.

Three immigration offenders have been caught following a UK Border Agency raid at Haydock Park Racecourse in Merseyside on 6 September.