How much do 50 kg of banknotes represent?
Of course, it depends on the currency and the face value of the banknotes.
In the case of the operation carried out by customs officials from the North, last Thursday, on the A2 motorway, we are not far from a million euros.
Customs officers were in dynamic control operations in the small town of Saint-Aybert, located on the Franco-Belgian border and crossed by the A2 motorway.
Thursday, June 10, late in the morning, officials spotted a sedan registered in Germany traveling to Belgium with a man alone on board.
A sufficiently shady combo to warrant an interception.
Three big bags full of banknotes
Bingo.
During the search of the vehicle, the customs officers did not have to search for long.
In the trunk of the car were three sports bags filled with banknotes.
A real treasure made up mainly of British currency and euros.
There were so many that the officials took twelve hours to count the loot amounting to 973,136 euros.
The driver of the car, who had declared to come from Boulogne and to go to Luxembourg, was immediately placed in customs detention, then in police custody.
A judicial investigation was opened on the counts of customs laundering, money laundering in organized gangs and criminal association.
The investigations were entrusted to the judicial investigation service of the finances of Lille.
The respondent was remanded in custody.
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