Shipping: Smuggling
Commons · Question 125492 · Tabled 10 Apr 2026 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 21 Apr 2026
Question
Asked by Lee Anderson
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce international maritime drug smuggling through British ports.
Answer
Answered by Mike Tapp, 21 Apr 2026
Border Force runs a 24/7 operation, with its officers working at over 140 sea and airports across the UK and overseas. We are determined to protect the public from drug trafficking and crack down on organised crime groups behind illicit drugs supply by ta...