Gardaí found €14k in cash wrapped in plastic inside locked box marked 'Holy Bible'

The money was the proceeds of crime and the defendant was given a suspended sentence on condition he leaves Ireland immediately

The accused man's defence barrister said: 'I would say he was an easy target to become a money-mule.'

“The Holy Bible” was printed on the cover of a locked box found by gardaí searching a house in Cork City and when officers opened it they uncovered bundles of cash wrapped in plastic to a total of €14,000.

Now a Brazilian national working in Cork as an electrician has admitted laundering €14,000 cash which was the proceeds of criminal activity and he has been given a jail term which was suspended on his undertaking to leave the country.