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December 2023

Thousands of illegal wildlife products seized by Border Force

July 2022

Border Force and French Police Aux Frontières joint statement

February 2022

Over 220,000 seizures of illegal drugs seized

December 2020

Polish man caught with lethal weapons at hull docks removed from UK

November 2020

Border Force seize 3.2 million cigarettes at Dover

Border Force in Northern Ireland seize more than 2 tonnes of black market t…

Two charged after cash stuffed into suitcases seized at Heathrow airport

Elephant tusks seized by Border Force during international operation agains…

Yacht people smugglers jailed

October 2020

Border Force seizes 30 kilos of cocaine at Dover

Woman charged over Heathrow Airport cash seizure

September 2020

Border Force stop £15 million of cocaine hitting streets

July 2020

£15 million of cocaine seized by Border Force at London Gateway

June 2020

Border Force seizes 37kg of cocaine at Dover

May 2020

260 kilos of cocaine seized by Border Force at Coquelles

Border force seize cocaine worth £4.86 million at Harwich

April 2020

Border Force prioritising checks on medical equipment

November 2019

Operation to tackle FGM and forced marriage honoured at awards

July 2019

Thousands of Border Force seizures in international operation against wildl…

Small boat people smuggler jailed

June 2019

Border Force helps holiday makers avoid summer nightmare

May 2019

Government expands use of ePassport gates to 7 more countries

March 2019

ePassport gates eligibility expansion confirmed for June

January 2019

Wildlife criminal jailed for rare bird eggs importation attempt

October 2018

ePassport gates to ease travel for passengers from more countries

July 2018

Queen's commendation for bravery awarded to Border Force officers

Border Force seize cocaine at Gatwick

Cocaine worth £1.2 million seized by Border Force at Gatwick.

June 2018

Rare bird eggs importation prevented by Border Force at Heathrow

Extra Border Force cutter to support search and rescue in Aegean

Border Force seizes banned ivory in anti-wildlife crime operation

May 2018

Warning to holiday makers of modern slavery risks

February 2018

Hayling Island people smuggler guilty

January 2018

Border Force stop Farnborough smuggling attempt

Border Force seizes rare live lizard at Heathrow

Border Force seize more than a million cigarettes in Manchester

December 2017

Border Force seize 22 tonnes of tobacco at Hull docks

People smuggler from Newport jailed for 5 years

Romanian people smuggler jailed

November 2017

Huddersfield trafficker who tried to escape justice has jail term extended

Slough people smuggler jailed

Border Force seize 20 kilos of cocaine at Dover

October 2017

Service enabling faster UK border entry expanded to 15 new countries

September 2017

Channel Tunnel people smuggling gang jailed

Hull people smuggler jailed

Channel Tunnel people smugglers jailed

August 2017

Man jailed for attempting to smuggle cannabis through Edinburgh airport

Attempted people smuggler jailed

New ePassport gates opened at Edinburgh Airport

'Outdated’ landing cards to be withdrawn as part of digital border transfor…

July 2017

Man jailed for attempting to smuggle 22 people into the UK

June 2017

New Director-General of Border Force appointed

Immigration minister visits Heathrow Airport

March 2017

Boat skipper convicted over £80 million cocaine cargo

November 2016

Further expansion of UK Registered Traveller Service

February 2016

Cigarette haul seized by Border Force at Purfleet

January 2016

Over £1 million drugs seizure made at Midlands postal depot

December 2015

Christmas shoppers warned after Border Force seizes counterfeits

October 2015

One million cigarettes seized by Border Force at Hull

September 2015

Tonne of cannabis seized by Border Force at London Gateway

Cocaine seized by Border Force at Tilbury

June 2015

Border Force and police fight wildlife crime in global operation

Cannabis worth £625,000 seized by Border Force at Tilbury

March 2015

Endangered Geckos seized by Border Force at Heathrow

Lorry driver jailed for £3.8M cocaine smuggling attempt

Three million cigarettes seized by Border Force at Harwich

December 2014

Border Force stops Purfleet tobacco smuggling attempt

November 2014

Woman caught smuggling banned animal products at Cardiff Airport

Cocaine found hidden in rope at Gatwick

Man jailed for Southend cannabis smuggling

Man jailed for drug smuggling attempt

October 2014

People smuggling plotters jailed after Home Office operation

September 2014

£10m Fake cosmetics seized by Border Force

Fake toys seized by Border Force at Stansted

August 2014

Border Force warning to smugglers and organised crime groups

July 2014

Smuggled iguanas returned home by Border Force

June 2014

Seized: Hundreds of fake England shirts found at Heathrow

Seized: Border Force officers find heroin in carpets

May 2014

FGM: Border Force targets 'high risk' flights at Heathrow to stop female ge…

April 2014

Smuggling: Women jailed for smuggling endangered Iguanas

February 2014

Birmingham man jailed after Border Force cocaine seizure

Endangered Iguanas seized by Border Force at Heathrow

January 2014

Border Force awarded International Honours

Stowaways found hiding in a lorry

Lorry driver jailed for cocaine smuggling attempt

Border Force seizes 63 kilos of cocaine at Dover

Cocaine seized by Border Force at Gatwick

November 2013

Cannabis seized at Felixstowe

Border Force seize Amphetamine at Dover

October 2013

Smuggler jailed after £3.9million drug seizure

September 2013

Cigarettes and alcohol seized by Border Force

June 2013

Going abroad this summer? Don’t risk it all

Man jailed over passport fraud

Border Force find stowaways hiding in caravan

Two in court after huge Manchester Airport drugs seizures

Hounding the bad guys – Border Force detector dogs

May 2013

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

Birmingham man jailed over heroin seizure

Cigarettes seized at Leeds Bradford International Airport

Lorry driver jailed for cannabis smuggling attempt

Man jailed for smuggling coral and clams

Would-be illegal immigrants caught in lorry at Portsmouth

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

Two charged over Gatwick cocaine seizures

April 2013

Couple convicted over baby smuggling attempt

New online method for submitting General Aviation Reports

Travellers: don’t risk it all

March 2013

The new home on the web for the Border Force

Border Force stubs out cigarette smuggling attempt

January 2013

New Director General of Border Force announced

December 2012

Border Force seize thousands of fake football shirts

October 2012

Border Force's Halloween find

£3.8million of illegal medicines seized in Border Force crackdown

September 2012

Border Force seize lollipops laced with cocaine

August 2012

Border Force seizes illegal ivory

July 2012

Olympic Border Force prepared for peak Olympic arrivals

March 2012

Border Force officer collects MBE from Buckingham Palace

Focused Border Force will make UK safe

New Border Force begins work

November 2011

'Thorough investigation into UK Border Force'

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