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Cigarettes and alcohol seized by Border Force

Cigarettes and alcohol seized by Border Force

Monday, 23 September 2013

Border Force officers seize large amounts of alcohol and tobacco in two seizures in north-east England ...

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Going abroad this summer? Don’t risk it all

Going abroad this summer? Don’t risk it all

Friday, 28 June 2013

Make sure you check what you can and cannot bring back to the UK....

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Man jailed over passport fraud

Man jailed over passport fraud

Friday, 28 June 2013

Jail for man who supplied British passports to illegal immigrants....

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Border Force find stowaways hiding in caravan

Border Force find stowaways hiding in caravan

Friday, 28 June 2013

Border Force officers in Dunkerque have found a group of would-be illegal immigrants hiding in a caravan....

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Two in court after huge Manchester Airport drugs seizures

Two in court after huge Manchester Airport drugs seizures

Thursday, 13 June 2013

Heroin and cocaine with an estimated street value of over £2.3million has been seized by Border Force at Manchester Airport ...

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Hounding the bad guys – Border Force detector dogs

Hounding the bad guys – Border Force detector dogs

Friday, 07 June 2013

Border Force detector dogs literally have a nose for trouble and can sniff out a range of goods to keep the UK safe from drugs, firearms and smuggled ...

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Man jailed for trying to smuggle £160,000 of cocaine in patties

Man jailed for trying to smuggle £160,000 of cocaine in patties

Friday, 31 May 2013

A man has been jailed for six years after Border Force caught him trying to smuggle £160,000 of cocaine in patties. ...

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Birmingham man jailed over heroin seizure

Birmingham man jailed over heroin seizure

Wednesday, 29 May 2013

A man has been jailed for seven and a half years after Border Force officers found heroin in a package of clothing....

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Cigarettes seized at Leeds Bradford International Airport

Cigarettes seized at Leeds Bradford International Airport

Wednesday, 29 May 2013

Border Force officers have seized thousands of cigarettes from three airline passengers using specially adapted waistcoats....

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Lorry driver jailed for cannabis smuggling attempt

Lorry driver jailed for cannabis smuggling attempt

Wednesday, 22 May 2013

A lorry driver from Northern Ireland has been jailed for three years for cannabis smuggling ...

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Man jailed for smuggling coral and clams

Man jailed for smuggling coral and clams

Wednesday, 22 May 2013

A Manchester man has been jailed after Border Force caught him attempting to smuggle endangered corals and clams into the UK. ...

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Would be illegal immigrants caught in lorry at Portsmouth

Would be illegal immigrants caught in lorry at Portsmouth

Thursday, 16 May 2013

Two Albanian men have been removed from the UK after Border Force found them hiding in a lorry at Portsmouth ferry port....

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Fake goods stopped at the border on BBC’s Fake Britain

Fake goods stopped at the border on BBC’s Fake Britain

Tuesday, 07 May 2013

Watch Border Force officers intercepting counterfeit goods to safeguard British shoppers and traders. ...

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Two charged over Gatwick cocaine seizures

Two charged over Gatwick cocaine seizures

Friday, 03 May 2013

Men aged 62 and 82 are charged with attempting to smuggle approximately £200,000 of the drug into the UK....

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Couple convicted over baby smuggling attempt

Couple convicted over baby smuggling attempt

Wednesday, 17 April 2013

A couple from Oxford have been convicted of attempting to pass off a Nigerian baby as their own and bring it back to the UK....

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New online method for submitting General Aviation Reports

New online method for submitting General Aviation Reports

Monday, 08 April 2013

Border Force and the police have developed a new web-based system for the submission of General Aviation Reports....

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Travellers: don’t risk it all

Travellers: don’t risk it all

Tuesday, 02 April 2013

Border Forceaks travellers to familiarise themselves with the customs rules for bringing goods into the UK or risk losing all their goods....

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The new home on the web for the Border Force

The new home on the web for the Border Force

Wednesday, 27 March 2013

GOV.UK is the new place for corporate and policy information from the Border Force. ...

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Border Force stubs out cigarette smuggling attempt

Border Force stubs out cigarette smuggling attempt

Thursday, 07 March 2013

Border Force officers have foiled an attempt to smuggle 30 million cigarettes into the UK through the port of Southampton....

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New Director General of Border Force announced

New Director General of Border Force announced

Friday, 25 January 2013

Sir Charles Montgomery has been appointed as the new Director General of Border Force....

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Border Force seize thousands of fake football shirts

Border Force seize thousands of fake football shirts

Friday, 14 December 2012

Online shoppers warned to take extra care after Border Force officers seized thousands of fake football shirts near Heathrow Airport....

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Border Force's Halloween find

Border Force's Halloween find

Wednesday, 31 October 2012

Three would-be illegal immigrants have been stopped from entering the country after Border Force officers found them hiding inside a lorry....

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£3.8million of illegal medicines seized in Border Force crackdown

£3.8million of illegal medicines seized in Border Force crackdown

Thursday, 04 October 2012

Border Force plays key role in intercepting approximately £3.8 million of fake and unlicensed medicines in the UK during global crackdown....

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Border Force seize lollipops laced with cocaine

Border Force seize lollipops laced with cocaine

Wednesday, 19 September 2012

Border Force officers in Ghana have helped seize cocaine worth an estimated £200,000 which had been hidden in lollipops....

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Border Force seizes illegal ivory

Border Force seizes illegal ivory

Friday, 10 August 2012

Border Force officers at Heathrow have made one of their biggest ever seizures of illegal ivory....

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Olympic Border Force prepared for peak Olympic arrivals

Olympic Border Force prepared for peak Olympic arrivals

Friday, 13 July 2012

Border Force is fully prepared to cope with the peak of Olympic Games arrivals. It will be implement plans and man every desk at peak times....

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Border Force officer collects MBE from Buckingham Palace

Border Force officer collects MBE from Buckingham Palace

Thursday, 22 March 2012

A Border Force officer based at Birmingham Airport took a trip to Buckingham Palace to collect an MBE....

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Focused Border Force will make UK safe

Focused Border Force will make UK safe

Wednesday, 14 March 2012

Damian Green announced that passengers on non-EEA flights travelling to UK will have details checked using e-Borders system....

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New Border Force begins work

New Border Force begins work

Thursday, 01 March 2012

The Border Force and the UK Border Agency now operate separately....

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'Thorough investigation into UK Border Force'

'Thorough investigation into UK Border Force'

Monday, 07 November 2011

Home Secretary Theresa May has confirmed this afternoon that there will be an immediate and thorough investigation into the UK Border Force....

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