16/12/2015

Cash Seized At Shannon Airport

Revenue officers have seized a quantity of cash at Shannon Airport.

It is understood the cash was seized from a Polish national at the airport on Monday.

The woman, in her twenties, was stopped and questioned by Revenue officers prior to boarding a flight to Wroclaw in Poland.

Officers seized the cash in accordance with proceeds of crime legislation and were granted a three month detention order by Judge Patrick Durcan at Kilrush District Court to facilitate further investigations.

(MH/CD)

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