Drugs

A m ulti-handed conspiracy to import and supply of cocaine from the continent to the UK. The drugs were hidden in a specially adapted helicopter. Several defendants had used highly encrypted mobile phones to try to prevent detection. The defendant was...

A substantial class A drugs trafficking case which had involved months of surveillance by the Police and the use of encrypted mobile phones by the defendants....

This was a very high-profile case representing two defendants; one of whom was the owner and director of one of the country’s largest security firms and the second was Britain’s strongest man. They were charged as part of a major drugs...

This was a multi-handed case concerning an international drug dealing conspiracy with multiple kilos of Class A drugs being imported to the UK and the cash proceeds subsequently laundered through multiple bureau-de-changes. Many of the accused were Albanian....

A six-handed conspiracy investigated by SOCA. It was alleged that the defendants, some of whom were serving prisoners, conspired to import up to five tonnes of cocaine from South America to the United Kingdom. The trial lasted six months and involved...