{"id":781886,"date":"2026-09-25T06:12:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T06:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/781886\/"},"modified":"2026-09-25T06:12:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T06:12:21","slug":"hundreds-of-thousands-of-pounds-seized-from-car-coming-off-overnight-ferry-the-irish-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/781886\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Hundreds of thousands of pounds\u2019 seized from car coming off overnight ferry \u2013 The Irish News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">A large sum of cash, suspected to amount to hundreds of thousands of pounds, has been seized from a vehicle coming off an overnight ferry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Police stopped and searched the vehicle on Thursday morning in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/tags\/belfast-harbour\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/tags\/belfast-harbour\/\">Belfast Harbour area<\/a>. The vehicle, cash, a mobile phone and other items were also seized.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The driver of the vehicle, a 36-year-old man, was subsequently arrested and charged on suspicion of possession of criminal property.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">He is due before Belfast Magistrates\u2019 Court on Friday.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/news\/northern-ireland\/belfast-factory-worker-sacked-after-confronting-muslims-praying-in-changing-room-6LBTZJTHORG5LKCAGOQU4YUY3M\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Belfast factory worker &#x2018;sacked&#x2019; after confronting Muslims praying in changing room\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790316740_809_B6MCKSXUG5DBFFPBTP6GSNB6O4.png\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"\/><\/a><a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/news\/northern-ireland\/its-a-huge-cause-of-frustration-dublin-culture-minister-calls-for-end-to-sports-geo-blocking-in-northern-ireland-CJ2LYG23SRB3HG46OBQJTS3SVY\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"&#x2018;It&#x2019;s a huge cause of frustration&#x2019; - Dublin culture minister calls for end to sports geo-blocking in Northern Ireland\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/V247OTC5FRGFJA7UACVRWKF5D4.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/tags\/psni\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/tags\/psni\/\">PSNI<\/a> spokesperson said: \u201cThis search and subsequent seizure was conducted as part of our ongoing commitment to address criminality linked to organised criminal groups.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cThis amount of purchasing power in the hands of an organised criminal group represented a real potential for harm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cBy working with our partners, we were able to seize the cash on this occasion and deprive this particular group of that purchasing power.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cWe remain committed to detecting and preventing the smuggling of illegal commodities, be it drugs, cash, stolen goods or any other illicit item, into and through Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cWe rely on the help of the community to do so and I would appeal to anyone with any information about this type of activity to contact police on the non-emergency number 101.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A large sum of cash, suspected to amount to hundreds of thousands of pounds, has been seized from&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":781887,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[198659,5729,59,57,58,50,2662,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-781886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-belfast-harbour","tag-cash","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-psni","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/781886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=781886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/781886\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/781887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=781886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=781886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=781886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}