BBC Scott Johnston and Michael May deny a charge of conspiring to smuggle cocaine into the UK Two men who deny smuggling more than 200kg of cocaine into the UK have gone on trial. Five other men previously pleaded guilty to conspiring to smuggle the drugs, worth more than £6m, into Cornwall, Truro Crown Court...
A professional footballer has admitted his involvement in a plot to smuggle £600,000 worth of drugs from Thailand into the UK. Jay Emmanuel-Thomas, 34, was arrested after 60kg (9.44st) of cannabis was found in suitcases arriving at London Stansted Airport, Essex, on 2 September. He was sacked by Scottish club Greenock Morton after being charged,...