Teesside Money Launderer’s Cash Confiscated
When Cleveland Drug Squad executed a search warrant at the home of a Middlesbrough man they found over £50,000 cash hidden in a suitcase. Forensic tests established that the money was heavily contaminated with traces of drugs.
Following the conviction of the defendant for money laundering offences at Teesside Crown Court, a confiscation order was made on 17th February 2006 for £57,811.