Gangland kingpin, 32, is jailed for 12 years for masterminding UK-wide gun running racket

A gangland kingpin who masterminded a UK-wide gun running racket has been jailed for 12 years after police caught him selling an antique revolver to a teenager.  Aqdas Vasi, 32, was arrested during a police operation after Tyrece Weaver, 19, was assigned to make a 360 mile round trip by taxi to collect the 19th … Read more

Drugs kingpin, 22, jailed for running Britain’s biggest ‘county lines’ operation 

Drugs kingpin, 22, who was trained by students in university halls of residence, is jailed for running Britain’s biggest ‘county lines’ operation Michael Emeofa, 22, was drug runner for two Central Lancs University students When pair were caught peddling drugs he set up his own network in Coventry He even enrolled on a course and took … Read more

Kingpin who helped traffic £58m worth of heroin and cocaine into the UK jailed for 21 years

A drugs kingpin behind a vast international drug-smuggling network that trafficked £58million worth of heroin and cocaine into the UK was jailed for 21 years this afternoon. Robert Brooks, 50, was behind the largest-ever drugs conspiracy investigation launched by the Easter Region Special Operations Unit, St Albans Crown Court heard.  He tried to conceal the … Read more

British kingpin known as ‘The Banker’ controls multi-million pound people smuggling ring 

A multi-million-pound cross-Channel smuggling racket is being masterminded by a UK-based criminal known as ‘The Banker’. Details of the shadowy Godfather figure emerged during the French trial of a gang of Afghans who smuggled migrants into Britain on small boats and in the back of lorries. The revelation comes as new analysis showed more than … Read more