Criminals were caught trying to smuggle £1m-worth of cocaine into the UK in face masks, the Home Secretary has revealed. Speaking in today's government press briefing, Priti Patel said Border Force stopped the smugglers as they tried to enter the UK through the channel tunnel.
She said more than 2,000 scams relating to COVID-19 have been taken offline in the last month. Criminals have tried to take advantage of the global pandemic.
A man has been arrested and charged for making ‘coronavirus treatment kits’, which he has sold at home and abroad. Lynne Owens, director general of the National Crime Agency, warned the public of cyber crimes which have emerged during the daily coronavirus press conference on Saturday. "We are protecting you from