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Drugs: Smuggling

Asked by James McMurdockIndependentHome OfficeTabled Answered 7 July 2026UIN 13729

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the press release entitled Leaders' declaration on the fight against drug trafficking, published on 17 June 2026, what additional resources she plans to commit to maritime interdiction operations.

Answered by Mike Tapp

The Home Office and UK Law Enforcement, particularly Border Force and the National Crime Agency, delivers a significant amount of operational activity to detect and seize illicit drugs being trafficked to the UK and to secure our border. We do not routinely comment on operational deployments or operations.

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