Eight people have been handed jail sentences totalling almost 80 years following two separate National Crime Agency investigations into their activities in operating and staffing cannabis farms.
Nine members of a people smuggling network have been sentenced to a total of 64 years in prison over a small boat crossing which left four people dead and another four missing.
A man who smuggled cocaine worth £120m into the UK, hidden in rolls of artificial grass, has been jailed for 17 years following a joint operation by the National Crime Agency and authorities in the Netherlands.
Three men who tried to outrun pursuing officers for around 28 miles at sea after their cocaine-laden boat was spotted have been convicted of importing Class A drugs.
Update: Cash totalling more than £2.6 million has now been seized as part of a National Crime Agency investigation into suspected money laundering in Newry.
A man who tried to smuggle £1.2m in suitcases out of the United Kingdom to Lebanon has been jailed for 21 months, following a National Crime Agency investigation.
The boss of a West Midlands organised crime group who claimed he was a male escort has been jailed for 21 years and three months, following a National Crime Agency (NCA) investigation.
A professional footballer has been jailed for orchestrating the smuggling of £600,000 worth of cannabis to the UK, following a National Crime Agency investigation.
The head of an organised crime group who ran a network of cannabis factories across the Midlands, North West and north Lincolnshire has been found guilty, following a National Crime Agency investigation.