Revenue seizes €48,000 from Cork airport passenger

Traveller was boarding flight to Amsterdam when officers searched luggage

Revenue has seized some €48,000 in cash from a passenger boarding a plane at Cork airport . Image: Google Streetview
Revenue has seized some €48,000 in cash from a passenger boarding a plane at Cork airport . Image: Google Streetview

Revenue has seized some €48,000 in cash from a passenger boarding a plane at Cork airport .

The traveller was yesterday booked on a flight to Amsterdam when stopped by officers.

They searched the non-national’s carry-on luggage where they found the money. Officers seized the cash under Section 38 of the Criminal Justice Act 1994.

Officers were today granted a three month detention order for the cash by Judge Olan Kelleher at a sitting of Cork District Court. This will allow officers to carry out further investigations.