Cash of €20,000 seized from couple after Canaries flight

Revenue finds money hidden in clothing on carry-on luggage

Lanzarote. Photograph: Getty Images/iStockphoto
Lanzarote. Photograph: Getty Images/iStockphoto

A couple returning from the Canary Islands had €20,000 in cash seized from their luggage by Revenue Customs officers yesterday.

The pair were stopped at Knock (Ireland West) airport after they arrived on a flight from Lanzarote.

The money was concealed in clothing which was packed on their carry-on luggage.

This morning at Carrick-on-Shannon district court Judge Geoffrey Browne allowed officers to detain the cash for three months to carry out further investigations.

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Revenue seized the cash under Section 38 of the Criminal Justice Act 1994.

Genevieve Carbery

Genevieve Carbery

Genevieve Carbery is Deputy Head of Audience at The Irish Times