Sunderland mum travelled to Turkey for cosmetic surgery after being caught with £12,000 of cocaine

Sunderland mum Chantelle Straughan, 31, was caught with almost £12,000 of cocaine in her car and told the court she was pressured into couriering the drugs to pay off a £5,000 debt — but had then travelled to Turkey for a £4,000 cosmetic procedure

The unnamed gangland figure, and a female associate, were arrested last night

Kyle Nelson, originally from Manchester, ran a major County Lines network from York before fleeing the country entirely to live a life of luxury in Thailand

Kyle Nelson escaped while on day release and fled to Scotland in 2024 before travelling to Ireland and then Thailand.

Hugo Gomez-Soto sold the drugs that killed Jordan Feinstein-Smith, 29, who had just asked his mother for help getting clean.

A drug dealer who escaped from prison and fled to Thailand where he lived a ‘life of luxury’ is back behind bars.

Jay Conway was reportedly released from prison in late May under the early release scheme, having served just four months of his sentence

Jai Gascoyne, 25, could not explain to the authorities why she was wearing a necklace pendant engraved with an Islamic scripture written in Arabic

Rachael Talbot attempted to smuggle thousands of pounds of drugs into Walton prison on behalf of an inmate called 'Carlos'

As the net closed in on him, Khalid Ege fled the country and spent six years on the run before being caught trying to cross a border with "false papers"

According to the allegations, the lawyer arrived for a meeting with a prisoner she represents and attempted to hand over the suspected drugs during the meeting.