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Police find £4m in cash and 1kg of cocaine at south London property after stopping suspicious vehicle
Police said the seizure was one of their largest cash hauls and followed a stop that led to an arrest on suspicion of criminal property.
- On Wednesday, July 29, police in Catford, London, arrested a 54-year-old man after seizing $5,340,000 in cash and 1kg of cocaine from a vehicle and a linked address.
- Officers stopped a suspicious vehicle in Catford on Wednesday evening, prompting a search of a linked address that revealed approximately 4 million pounds in cash concealed in multiple shopping bags across two bedrooms.
- Footage shows officers rummaging through a Sports Direct bag, with one officer whispering, "Large quantity of cash. An extremely large quantity of cash." The visual evidence underscores the scale of the illicit haul.
- Commander Paul Brogden, Specialist Crime, said the $5,340,000 haul was "one of the largest cash seizures we've seen" and highlighted how proactive local policing disrupts organized crime networks.
- Police prioritize disrupting illegal drug supply chains to prevent the serious violence that devastates communities, using significant seizures like this one as critical tools to dismantle sophisticated criminal networks.
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An estimated £4million in cash and a kilo of cocaine was found at a south London property after police stopped a suspicious vehicle before making further searches at an address linked to the driver.
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Police seize shopping bags stuffed with over $5 million in cash
Cops also a kilo of cocaine stuffed in the bags.
·Washington, United States
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