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<\/p>\nA Dublin mother accused of transporting a suitcase holding \u20ac275,000 in suspected crime proceeds told garda\u00ed it “could have been drugs or a dead body for all she knew”, it is alleged.<\/p>\n
The seizure on Friday was part of an operation by the Dublin Crime Response Team (DCRT), which intercepted a car in Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, and arrested the sole occupant.<\/p>\n
Suzann Mack, 34, of Strand Street, Malahide, in the city’s north side, was charged under money-laundering legislation for possessing the alleged proceeds of criminal conduct at Northumberland Road.<\/p>\n
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Photo: Garda Press<\/p>\n
She appeared at Dublin District Court on Saturday and was released on conditional bail of \u20ac1,000 pending directions from the Director of Public Prosecutions.<\/p>\n
Garda Colin O’Shea told Judge Treasa Kelly that Ms Mack was caught red-handed in the “cash drop” but made no reply when charged.<\/p>\n
He opposed bail, citing flight risk concerns given the seriousness of the case. He alleged that the mother of two was stopped driving her Volkswagen Passat, and a suitcase found in the boot contained bundles of \u20ac25,000. The defendant was arrested and taken to Irishtown Garda station.<\/p>\n
During her interview, she allegedly told the garda that she was contacted and told to pick up the suitcase from an unspecified location, the court heard.<\/p>\n
Garda O’Shea told Judge Kelly that the woman gave a “vague account” and she had a “hide drawer” in a second car located in another part of the city, but she denied having any knowledge of that vehicle.<\/p>\n
The court heard that when questioned about the money in the suitcase, she told garda\u00ed “it could have been drugs or a dead body for all she knew”, and she maintained she was to be paid \u20ac200, and it was her third time. The court also heard she had a debt.<\/p>\n
Defence counsel Kevin McCrave said his client faced an obvious serious charge, which the judge said would likely be sent to the Circuit Court, which has broader sentencing powers.<\/p>\n
He stressed that his client had agreed to hand over her passport, had children, and had lived at the same address for several years.<\/p>\n
The garda conceded to the barrister that Ms Mack did not have a history of failing to appear in court.<\/p>\n
Mr McCrave listed several terms his client would agree to and argued that his unemployed client did not have the financial means to leave the jurisdiction and establish a new life in the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n
He also said that a relative of Ms Mack depended on her to bring her to hospital appointments.<\/p>\n
The garda replied that the accused was allegedly involved in a criminal enterprise and was charged with possession of a large amount of illicit cash.<\/p>\n
Judge Kelly held that the woman could be granted bail with strict terms: surrender her passport, notify of any address change, provide her phone number to garda\u00ed and be contactable by phone at all times, and sign on two days a week at her local Garda station.<\/p>\n
Ms Mack, who has yet to enter a plea, took up bail and will appear again later this month.<\/p>\n
The charge is contrary to section 7 of the Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Act 2010, an offence punishable, on conviction, by a sentence of up to 14 years. Legal aid was granted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Dublin mother accused of transporting a suitcase holding \u20ac275,000 in suspected crime proceeds told garda\u00ed it “could…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":298709,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":{"0":"post-298708","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ireland","8":"tag-ie","9":"tag-ireland","10":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=298708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298708\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/298709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=298708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=298708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=298708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}