Police find £500,000 in cash stuffed into a suitcase

A suitcase stuffed full of £500,000 in banknotes was found in a house in Merseyside during a police raid.
Police swooped on two addresses yesterday and found heroin worth £1.2million, the suitcase full of cash, and £30,000 in a car

Two men have been charged after a string of raids in the St Helens and Huyton areas of the city.
Lawrence Flaherty, 52, from Thatto Heath, was charged with money laundering and possession of Class A drugs with intent to supply.
Peter Byrne, 56, was charged with money laundering over the £30,000 additional stash.

Detective Inspector Nick Hughes, from TITAN, the North West Regional Organised Crime Unit, said: ‘TITAN is committed to tackling the blight of drugs on our streets and has already had many successes in disrupting the supply of drugs across the North West.
‘We will continue, with the support of police forces across the North West, to target those involved in the supply and distribution of Class A drugs and put them behind bars.’