Gold seized and four arrested in £3m crackdown on criminal empire being run from 4,000 miles away
manchestereveningnews.co.ukPolice have arrested four people in a crackdown on a multi-million pound money laundering ring. Officers made the arrests after raiding seven properties in Bury on Thursday morning (March 24).
Designer clothing, jewellery and a high quantity of cash and gold were seized during the dawn raids. Detectives believe the suspected money laundering of an estimated £3 million worth of property is linked to an alleged class A drug empire being run from Pakistan.
A total of 70 officers from across Greater Manchester Police took part in the raids alongside colleagues from the National Crime Agency and environmental health and trading standards. READ MORE: Police close road as motorcyclist rushed to hospital with 'severe head injury' Two men - aged 28 and 42 - and two women - aged 25 and 35 - were arrested on suspicion of money laundering and fraud, and taken into custody for questioning.
They have since been released on bail pending further investigation. Following the raids, a police tactical aid unit vehicle was spotted park outside a row of houses in Bolton Road, Bury.
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