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Gang behind £30m cash-smuggling operation jailed
The gang hid cash in suitcases on Dubai-bound flights, and investigators seized £788,455 at UK airports before the operation collapsed.
- On Friday, Bolton Crown Court sentenced six members of a criminal network that smuggled almost £30 million in cash to Dubai. Judge Abigail Hudson described them as a "shallow group of individuals" who "revelled in spending obscene amounts of money."
- Between 2017 and 2019, the gang used Emirates flights departing from Manchester, Birmingham, and Brussels to transport illicit funds under a Dubai-based British organiser awaiting extradition to the UK.
- Corrupt Manchester Airport check-in attendant Emma Rauf helped move nearly £13 million over 30 trips, while the National Crime Agency's investigation was triggered after £788,455 in cash was seized at UK airports.
- Sophie Logan received seven and a half years imprisonment, while Heather Jeffrey and Devanyl Graham were jailed for six and a half and six years respectively. Rauf awaits sentencing on October 29, and Sheldan Noel faces court on November 27.
- National Crime Agency branch commander Jon Hughes said "illicit cash is the lifeblood of organised crime groups," emphasizing that disrupting supply chains remains a priority to prevent funding for global violence and insecurity.
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