Jail for woman stopped at Heathrow with five suitcases containing over £1.9m in cash

The defendant said she was going on a girls' trip and checked in five suitcases because she 'wasn’t sure what to wear' whilst there.

Some of the money found in the possession of Tara Hanlon when she was stopped at Heathrow Airport with suitcases full of cash (NCA/PA)

A woman has been jailed for two years and 10 months over more than £5m (€5.9m) worth of money-laundering offences after she was stopped at Heathrow Airport with five suitcases full of cash.

Tara Hanlon, 30, was held as she tried to board a flight to Dubai in October of last year with more than £1.9m (€2.2m) in sterling notes contained in her luggage.