Gold bars worth S$1.2m seized from Singaporean woman by British authorities

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The woman was transiting through London's Heathrow Airport in March 2020 after arriving from Singapore.

The woman was transiting through London's Heathrow Airport in March 2020 after arriving from Singapore.But she was stopped by British Border Force officers, who found the gold bars in her hand luggage and seized them as suspected criminal proceeds.

The woman, who was not named, was allowed to continue on her journey after the gold was initially seized. She was not arrested or prosecuted. As further investigations needed to be done, there were no reasonable grounds for pursuing criminal proceedings. Investigations point to the gold bars belonging to a criminal money laundering network that is active in Europe and Asia.

 

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