Police investigating after uranium detected in shipment at Heathrow Airport

The London Metropolitan Police’s Counter Terrorism Command unit is investigating after a shipment contaminated with uranium was found at Heathrow Airport on 29th December, 2022. A security alert was sparked at Heathrow after scanners detected the uranium as a shipment of scrap metal was being moved to a freight shed, according to media reports. The […]

11 arrested in Heathrow drug smuggling investigation

National Crime Agency (NCA) officers have arrested 11 people in connection with a major investigation into airport workers suspected of smuggling drugs through Heathrow Airport. 10 men and one woman aged between 24 and 60, including three airport baggage handlers, were detained following a series of raids by 125 NCA investigators assisted by officers from […]