British woman tried to fly to Dubai with $2.44 million in cash in 5 suitcases - GulfToday

British woman tried to fly to Dubai with $2.44 million in cash in 5 suitcases

  • 08 Oct 2020
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An aircraft prepares to land at Heathrow Airport in west London. File/ Reuters

A woman who tried to fly from London's Heathrow Airport with five suitcases stuffed full of bank notes worth 1.9 million pounds ($2.44 million) has been charged with money laundering, UK Border Force said on Wednesday.

Tara Hanlon, 30, from Leeds in northern England, was attempting to board a flight to Dubai on Saturday when she was stopped. Officers searched her suitcases and found the huge cash haul, the largest detection at the UK border so far in 2020.

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Britain's immigration compliance minister Chris Philp said that stopping the export of undeclared cash from the UK was a vital step in clamping down on organised crime gangs.

Hanlon appeared at Uxbridge Magistrates Court on Monday and was remanded in custody until 5 Nov. A 28-year-old woman from Doncaster in northern England who was arrested at the same time has been released under investigation, the statement said.

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