Pair stopped with more than €6k each

Two men were stopped by customs officers with over €6,000 each in their possession and yesterday this money was forfeited to the State after evidence the cash may have been the proceeds of crime.

Dermot Sheehan, prosecuting, said the two men were stopped boarding a flight from Cork to Amsterdam. Customs officers seized €6,700 from Larry Mullane of Reens East, Ardagh, Newcastle West, Co Limerick, while €6,650 was seized from William Harrington, of 24 Mount St Joseph’s Drive, Bakers Rd, Cork.

Neither of the men was in Cork Circuit Appeals Court for the application to have both sums of money forfeited to the State.