Police report a record number of arrests for drug-mule activity connected to cannabis smuggling into the UK. One outlet says the figure reaches 976 arrests, described as a rise from 142 arrests in 2023, and notes that in the first six months to June this year, 600 arrests have already been recorded.
The reporting also highlights how law enforcement warns that criminal gangs use social media to recruit people, including young Britons, by offering promises associated with influencer or luxury lifestyles. The outlet frames these recruitment tactics as part of how smuggling operations expand, but the underlying enforcement focus remains on arrests and the trafficking of cannabis. Other details—such as the specific locations of arrests, the identity of those arrested, and any court outcomes—are not provided in the supplied text.
Overall, both pieces describe the same police figures and the same warning about online recruitment, with the difference limited to repeated wording rather than additional reported facts.
