20 Nov, 2019 @ 08:06
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Mystery as Chinese trio – including pensioner – caught smuggling €1 MILLION in CASH into Spain’s Valencia

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A TRIO of travellers have been arrested at a Valencia airport after trying to smuggle almost €1 million into the country. 

The three passengers, from China, were intervened by Guardia Civil at the Manises airport before being cuffed on suspicion of violating smuggling laws.

The two men and woman, aged between 38 and 79, could not tell investigators where the money had come from.

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The trio’s failure to declare or prove the source of the cash means they will now face charges.

The money was made up of mostly bundles of €50 notes.

The cash was spread out across three suitcases.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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