On Tuesday 10 November UK Border Agency (UKBA) officers discovered eight hand guns and 200 rounds of ammunition in a HGV at Dover port... oh and thats not to mention the 9,600 cigarettes also packed into the lorry.
This haul is the first of its kind I have personally written about, and its strikes me as rather frightening, because inevitably it's fuelling the gun crime epidemic currently circulating the UK.
Where are the weapons coming from and who is ordering them? All we know in this case it that 48-year old driver, Vitalijus Tauskela, a Lithuanian national, has been charged with attempted smuggling. He was remanded in custody to appear at Dover Magistrates Court on 10 December.
On the same date, 53-year old Lithuanian HGV driver Viktor Maksimov will appear before Dover magistrates for committal proceedings. He has been charged with attempting to smuggle £440,000 worth of cocaine through the Port Of Ramsgate.
These hauls are worth big bucks, but undoubtedly they will cost the UK in terms of lives!
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