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These kinds of shops have also been linked to the illicit importation of tobacco, vapes and firearms.

Nigeria's drug authority introduced new regulations for medicines aimed at tackling the importation of counterfeit and sub-standard drugs.

Customs and Border Protection, which regulates the importation of goods, estimates that a billion packages were imported using the method in 2023, according to a recent report from the Congressional Research Service.

Herbert, of Lonsdale Road in Notting Hill, London, pleaded guilty in May to two charges relating to the importation and supply of cannabis.

Sentencing them earlier, Judge Rebecca Trowler KC said the importation had been "plainly the work of an organised crime group with international elements".