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£4.3m cannabis haul discovered at Heathrow Airport
Border officials have seized 1.5 tonnes of cannabis at Heathrow - the biggest haul discovered at the airport in three years.
Police discover 35 cannabis factories after drugs raids
Officers from the Met have made 351 arrests and discovered 35 cannabis factories.
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Latest statistics from Operation Hawk
The Metropolitan Police has updated the number of arrests and drugs seized as part of Operation Hawk, the anti-drugs initiative launched today.
Arrests: 284
Warrants executed: 302
Cannabis Plants Seized: 2658
Cannabis Factories closed: 35
Over £2.6million worth of cannabis seized.
On a drugs raid in Dulwich
Toby Sadler joined police officers closing down a cannabis factory in Dulwich as part of the Met's Operation Hawk.
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150 arrested in drugs raids
Police have now updated the number of arrests made during today's drugs operation to 150. They added they have now closed down 23 cannabis factories.
Police discover 35 cannabis factories after drugs raids
Officers from the Met have made 351 arrests and discovered 35 cannabis factories.
Read the full storyMet makes 53 arrests in drugs raids
53 arrests have been made as the Met Police carried out a series of raids this morning against drugs gangs in London. The operation, which was called Hawk, found 11 cannabis factories as well as half a kilo of heroin at an address in Tottenham.
Police appeal for help catching drug dealers
The Metropolitan Police has urged Londoners to come forward with information about drug dealers in their area. It is launching a new operation called Hawk aimed at the dealers on the streets. The Home Office estimates that up to half of all robberies are carried out by offenders to pay for drugs.
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Couple jailed for drug smuggling
A couple from Dulwich has been jailed, for importing six kilos of cocaine into the country.
Read the full storyVeteran honoured after turning his life around
Jon Fullan has received an award after turning his life around from drink and drugs.
Read the full storyMet targets West End drug dealers
Sixteen people were arrested last night after the Metropolitan Police launched a crackdown on drug dealers in the West End. The suspects, from across London, were arrested following an undercover operation targeting street dealers in Soho who were selling heroin and cocaine.
Four remanded on drug charges
A woman was remanded in custody today accused of smuggling a banned stimulant drug from Britain to America.
Mother-of-four Lelah Ali, 45 and three male co-accused Hersi Farah, 47, Sharrif Ali, 45, and Warsame Nur, 42 were denied bail when they appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court.
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The Somali-born quartet, who all have British citizenship, were arrested along with three others following counter-terrorism raids on homes in London, Coventry and Cardiff last week
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