By Sunita Patel A Shropshire man and his brother were part of a plot to smuggle more than one million ecstasy tablets into the country with a street value of £5 million to £15 million, a crown court heard.
An historic country estate in south Shropshire will auction off some of its impressive collection of treasures.
A trader who continued to sell baby booster seats despite knowing they posed a ‘serious risk’ has been fined £10,000.
[gallery] A consignment of 19th Century porcelain which was salvaged from a shipwreck in the South China Sea is being sold in Shropshire.
The jackets do not meet UK or European safety standards and would have failed in deep water, according to the National Crime Agency.
The jackets do not meet UK or European safety standards and would have failed in deep water, according to the National Crime Agency.
Jewellery, watches and watercolour paintings valued at around £30,000 have been consigned to a Shropshire fine art auction house by a seller.
Airport staff were stunned when they seized an illegal stash of smuggled vegetables and found this giant squash -?? weighing a whopping four stone.
Ten huge steel beams worth £40,000 have been stolen from a Wolverhampton firm during a raid as the metal theft epidemic continues to blight the region.
A rare diecast model of a Ford GT sports car with red wheel hubs was expected to attract the interest of collectors when it goes under the hammer in Shrewsbury today.
A £1 million haul of illegal drugs was discovered in a delivery bound for a Shropshire meat company. A £1 million haul of illegal drugs was discovered in a delivery bound for a Shropshire meat company. About 15 UK Border Agency and police officers swooped on Wholesale Meat Sale, in High Street, Hadley, Telford, at about 10am yesterday as part of a drug smuggling investigation after the cannabis was found within a shipment which arrived in Dover from Spain. Store owner Dave Smith today said the UK Border Agency officers told him 405 kilogrammes of cannabis had been found with his meat. Read more in today's Shropshire Star
Alarm comes as Government launches financial packages for business.
Alarm comes as Government launches financial packages for business.
A company has admitted health and safety failings after a long-serving foreman died after steel tubes toppled onto him.
A Wolverhampton-based pallet network has moved 30 million consignments, without losing a single pallet in the hub.
