Plane arrivals and take-offs at Britain's two biggest airports were largely unaffected by today's strike.

A 26-year-old man has been charged with smuggling heroin estimated to be worth £3m (€3.44m) after being stopped at the Channel Tunnel entrance.

A RECORD £300 million (€344m) haul of cocaine has been seized and six alleged members of an international drugs gang arrested.

Up to 181,000 migrants who should have gone home over the past two years alone could still be in the UK illegally, figures showed today.

Five live crabs have been found inside a Chinese woman’s suitcase at Belfast International Airport.

Border Agency workers at ports and airports across the UK will launch a two-day strike today in protest at changes to their shift patterns.

A suspected fake bride and groom were marched through a busy city centre after they were arrested on suspicion of taking part in a sham marriage ceremony, officials in Britain confirmed today.

Almost nine million suspected counterfeit cigarettes were seized in Belfast today.

A smuggler who swallowed cocaine has been sentenced to five years in prison.

Fifteen members of South African Airways crew will be questioned today over a £310,000 (€332,000) haul of cannabis and cocaine found in baggage at Heathrow Airport.

Two sisters, who concealed over £60,000 (€71,099) of cocaine internally in an attempt to smuggle it into the North, have been jailed for a total of five and a half years today following an investigation by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC).

Cocaine with an estimated street value of £20,000 (€24,652) was seized at Belfast International Airport, officials said today.