Prosecutors believe drugs worth £7bn - including heroin and cocaine - were smuggled into the UK.

UK's first border security commander says there is no "simple answer" to stopping small boat crossings.

Nathaniel Benson, from Leeds, was arrested at Heathrow Airport while travelling with his children.

Despite the dangers, the transporters of the illicit brew see it as a way out of poverty.

The four men all face a charge of conspiring in the importation of a controlled Class A drugs.

Gardai have said many people conceal large amounts of cocaine inside their bodies.

Portsmouth-based patrol ship HMS Trent seizes cocaine from a semi-submerged vessel in the Caribbean.

The cannabis had a street value of up to £150,000, officials say.