By Adam Evans
A man has been found with €180,000 in cash hidden inside his baggage at Belfast International Airport.
Border Force says the 39-year-old had been due to fly to Alicante when he was arrested on suspicion of money laundering last Wednesday and has now been released on bail.
John Oldham, Assistant Director, Border Force North, said:
"This was a significant amount of cash, and its detection was thanks to the dedication and expertise of my officers.
"Border Force has a responsibility to investigate cash in excess of £1,000 being taken across the border when we have reasonable grounds to suspect that it is linked to criminal enterprise.
"Working with law enforcement colleagues like the NCA we are determined to do all we can to combat criminality and interventions like this are the vital first step."
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