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National Crime Agency officers have arrested three people after two parcels containing cocaine were intercepted in transit. A 26-year-old woman and 28-year-old man were detained by the NCA following a raid on a property in Newport on 22 January, while a 30-year-old man was arrested at an address in Bedminster, Bristol, the following day. The arrests were supported by Gwent Police and the South West Regional Organised Crime Unit. All were held on suspicion of importing class A drugs, the man and woman detained in Newport were released under investigation after being questioned, while the man arrested in Bristol was bailed pending further enquiries. The arrests follow…

A Liverpool money launderer has been ordered to hand over more than £131k or face a further 15 months in prison. A Liverpool money launderer has been ordered to hand over more than £131k or face a further 15 months in prison. Judge HHJ Byrne ruled yesterday at a confiscation hearing at Liverpool Crown Court that assets belonging to 50-year-old Terence Brian Scott were the profits of his illegal activities and ordered he pay back the money. If he does not pay within three months, he will serve 15 more months in prison, and still have to pay the full amount plus interest. On 11 August 2017, two properties associated to Scott were searched in Blundellsands Road East and…

A former professional wrestler at the centre of a paedophile ring has been convicted for a second time for abusing boys in the North Wales care home system. A former professional wrestler at the centre of a paedophile ring has been convicted for a second time for abusing boys in the North Wales care home system. Today, Gary Cooke, 69, from Wrexham, who changed his name to Mark Grainger, was jailed for four years at Chester Crown Court following a National Crime Agency investigation as part of Operation Pallial. He pleaded guilty yesterday to four counts of ####### and seven counts of indecent assault against his two young victims. Grainger is already serving a 14 ye…

The final three members of a Birmingham-based organised crime group dismantled by the National Crime Agency have been sentenced. The gang was responsible for importing millions of pounds worth of class A drugs into the UK hidden in loads of chicken. Meat supplier Mohammed Shabir, 42, from Small Heath, as well as brothers Manjinder Singh Thakhar, 36, and Davinder Singh Thakhar, 42, both from Smethwick, had all previously pleaded guilty to participating in the activities of an organised crime group. The three were involved in a criminal enterprise masterminded by Wasim Hussain, 34, and Nazarat Hussain (unrelated), 36, who set up a series of front companies which were i…

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The NCA has secured a civil recovery order for around £120,000 allegedly linked to the South East Antrim UDA under the Proceeds of Crime Act. The National Crime Agency (NCA) has secured a civil recovery order for around £120,000 allegedly linked to the South East Antrim UDA under the Proceeds of Crime Act. The investigation, carried out by NCA financial and tax investigators working as part of the Paramilitary Crime Task Force (PCTF), relates to residential properties owned by an alleged member of the paramilitary group, his partner and associates. The NCA alleged that the properties, in the Carrickfergus area, were purchased using the proceeds of illegal money lend…

A POLICE force wants someone to run its eBay account for £20,000 a year — almost as much as new cops earn. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/10770171/ebay-police-sussex-job-20k/

Former care home worker John Davies was today jailed for 24 years for sexually abusing three underage girls between 1975 and 2007. Former care home worker John Davies was today jailed for 24 years for sexually abusing three underage girls between 1975 and 2007. Davies, 61, of Colwyn Bay, Wales, was convicted of four counts of rape, three counts of indecent assault, two counts of gross indecency with a child, and two counts of sexual assault, at Mold Crown Court in December following a two-week trial. He is the first man under the National Crime Agency’s Operation Pallial – the inquiry into allegations of past abuse in the North Wales care system – to be found guilty …

Two people have been arrested in Slough by National Crime Agency officers as part of an international investigation into people smuggling. The Iraqi national man, 29, and British national woman, 36, were detained on a European Arrest Warrant at an address in Bramber Court, Cippenham, early this morning (20 January). They are wanted by the Belgian authorities for allegedly being part of a criminal network responsible for smuggling migrants into the UK from Belgium in the back of HGVs. The 29-year-old is suspected of being head of that network. The couple will now face extradition proceedings, and will appear before Westminster Magistrates later today. As NCA officers…

A website which provided access to more than 12 billion personal credentials to cyber criminals for as little as $2 per day has been taken down following an investigation led by the National Crime Agency (NCA), in collaboration with international law enforcement partners. The NCA began investigating weleakinfo.com, which is believed to host credentials taken from around 10,000 data breaches, in August 2019. The credentials are known to have been used in further cyber attacks in the UK, Germany and the US. Two individuals were identified during the course of the operation who officers believe have made total profits in excess of £200,000 from the site; one based in Nor…