Two people from Grantley. near Ripon, have been charged with smuggling cash out of the UK as part of a major national investigation.
Jonathan Johnson, 54, and Jo Emma Larvin, 43, appeared before Uxbridge Magistrates Court yesterday charged with removal of cash from England and Wales which they knew or suspected was acquired through criminal conduct.
It follows an investigation by the National Crime Agency into the smuggling of millions of pounds of cash, which has seen a total of 12 people from across the country charged.
They are all suspected of being cash couriers, responsible for transporting large amounts of money in suitcases on flights from the UK to Dubai.
All 12, aged between 24 and 54, were bailed to appear at Isleworth Crown Court on October 27.
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