UNCOVERED: 5 - The Untold Story

Drug smuggler leaves voicemail before fleeing Border Force on cocaine-packed boat

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The Independent UK · Jul 9, 2025

Border Force seizes 2.4 tonnes of cocaine in one of UK’s largest-ever busts

The £96 million find marks the sixth-largest cocaine seizure since records began

The Independent UK · Jun 28, 2025

Border Force seizes £96m cocaine haul at London Gateway in one of UK’s biggest busts

The 2.4 tonne find marks the sixth-largest cocaine seizure since records began.

Evening Standard · Jun 28, 2025

Man charged after directing, streaming child abuse

An Australian man has been charged with online sexual exploitation after paying for footage showing the sexual abuse of Filipino children as young as six.

AAP · May 29, 2025

UK Border Force is in effect under military command, report says

Institute of Race Relations says MoD’s Channel role reflects global rise of ‘hyper-militarisation’ in law enforcement

The Guardian - UK · May 25, 2025

Two people die attempting to cross English Channel as hundreds more migrants arrive in small boats

The pair reportedly lost consciousness on a boat carrying nearly 80 people

Evening Standard · May 21, 2025

One person dead after small boat sinks in Channel, French authorities say

Sixty-two people pulled from water overnight after boat broke up, including child and his mother suffering from hypothermia

The Guardian - UK · May 19, 2025

How the British Red Cross tried to blow the whistle about conditions inside crisis-hit migrant detention centres

In autumn 2022, overcrowding at migrant processing centres prompted national outrage. As the truth of the conditions inside began to emerge, British Red Cross staff were on site trying to support residents. Emails, performance reports and letters released to Holly Bancroft show how the charity was battling to get officials…

The Independent UK · May 18, 2025

Drug smugglers caught with £37m of cocaine in inflatable boat are jailed

Both smugglers leapt overboard and unsuccessfully attempted to swim to shore to escape Border Force

The Independent UK · May 17, 2025

Calls for more support for nurses dealing with ‘human cost’ of opioid abuse

Nitazenes have caused a spike in drug-related deaths in recent years.

The Independent UK · May 13, 2025