Police seize more than £420,000 after stopping car on M40

WARWICKSHIRE Police officers seized more than £420,000 - the force’s largest ever seizure - following a motorway stop check last week.
By The Newsroom
Published 23rd Jan 2012, 14:51 BST

Police officers stopped a Honda Civic on the M40 on Tuesday (January 17) and arrested 43-year-old Amanda Cameron, of Uxbridge, on suspicion of money laundering offences.

Cash totalling nearly £112,000 was found hidden in the boot of the vehicle and a search of her home in Uxbridge resulted in an even larger amount - £309,940 - being located.

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The woman was charged with two offences of money laundering and appeared before magistrates in Leamington on Thursday January 19.

She pleaded guilty to the offences and has been remanded in custody to appear at Warwick Crown Court on Thursday February 9.

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