Money-laundering criminal caught in the act

It was literally a case of a criminal laundering money.

When gardaí raided a farm at Portcrush, Montpellier, Co Limerick they found convicted drug dealer John Duffy drying €1.5m in a spin-dryer and vacuum packing it in plastic.

Duffy, 55, who once worked as a chauffeur and ran a car valeting business in Limerick, pleaded guilty at Limerick Circuit Court, to possessing the money, knowing it to be the proceeds of crime.