Archive: Impounded Vehicles Returned
Successful Restoration of Goods for Global Sports Brand following Discovery of Smuggled Tobacco
This global sports brand had goods seized following the discovery of excise goods in the consignment. The sports brand had engaged with a haulier to conduct their haulage from Europe to the UK for distribution. Border Force, having found excise goods, namely tobacco, in the consignment, seized the goods. The […]
Successful Restoration of HGV Free of Charge Following Discovery of over 70kgs of Smuggled Tobacco
Millicent Dooher, barrister, represented this European haulier in their restoration application for the return of their tractor unit following the discovery of excise goods by Border Force. Border Force had identified over 70kgs of tobacco within the load and seized the vehicle. Millicent was able to convince the National Post […]
Company Vehicle Restored after 5kg of Cocaine Discovered in Truck
Millicent Dooher, barrister, represented this European haulage company in their application for the restoration of a Company vehicle. The vehicle had been seized by Border Force upon the discovery of 5kg of cocaine. This was the second time within 12 months that a company vehicle had been seized. Millicent was […]
Vehicle restored free of charge following discovery of 5kg of cocaine
This European company, represented by Millicent Dooher, had a vehicle seized following 5kg of cocaine being found in the vehicle. Following representations by Millicent, Border Force agreed to restore the vehicle free of charge to the Company.
SBC Secures the Return of an Impounded Truck belonging to a European Bank after its Customer had Breached the Rules on Cabotage
This Truck was returned to its owner after submissions by solicitor, Murray Oliver
Seized Truck Returned Without Charge after Successful Restoration Application
The Truck in this case was seized when drugs were found concelled within a groupage load from Italy. Initially Border force refused to return the vehicle in accordance with their policy not to return vehicles to operators where drugs are found in a load. However Murray Oliver made a formal […]
Tractor/Trailer with £millions of drugs seized by Border Force; Recovered for innocent owner by SBC.
Our client, a major Netherlands hauler, instructed SBC to seek to recover their tractor unit and trailer from Border Force/HMRC after it was found to have concealed within it a large quantity of Class A drugs. Simon Clarke was able to demonstrate that the rightful owner could not have possibly […]
Seized Vehicle Restored Free of Charge Following Smuggling of Cigarettes
Millicent Dooher submitted a restoration application for this Company whose vehicle was seized following unpaid duty on cigarettes. Border Force agreed to restore the vehicle, free of charge to the Company in the circumstances and were satisfied that the Company had taken reasonable steps in preventing the smuggling of excise […]
Impounded Vehicle Restored by Traffic Commissioner at Traffic Commissioner’s Public Inquiry.
This Company had their vehicle impounded by the DVSA for use without an Operator’s Licence. The Company maintained that they had been operating under the recovery exemption, and notwithstanding the exemption, their previous encounters with the DVSA had confirmed this. Ultimately, the Traffic Commissioner found that they were operating outside […]
Vehicle Containing 140kg of Concealed Class A and B drugs, Restored to Owner Free of Charge
Barrister, Millicent Dooher, represented this company following a vehicle seizure by Border Force after the discovery of 120kg of Class A and 20kg of Class B drugs concealed in the trailer. Border Force accepted that the owner of the trailer had no knowledge of the concealment and had taken all […]
