A man’s been arrested at Belfast International Airport as he tried to board a flight to Alicante in Spain carrying €180,000 in his luggage.
The cash was seized under the Proceeds of Crime Act and the 39-year-old was released on bail.
The National Crime Agency has started a money laundering investigation.
The man was arrested by officers from the Border Force.
John Oldham from the Border Force said that the agency ‘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,” he added.
