Money Laundering Arrest

A 30-year-old local woman has been arrested by detectives from the Royal Gibraltar Police's Economic Crime Unit on suspicion of Using Criminal Property (Money Laundering), as part of an ongoing joint investigation with officers from HM Customs Investigation Branch.

The arrest follows intelligence received from international partners in connection with an ongoing multi-jurisdictional drug trafficking investigation.

As part of the investigation, officers executed a search warrant at a local residential property and seized cash and other items of property.

Following the search, the woman was further arrested on suspicion of Possession of Criminal Property (Money Laundering), she was then conveyed to New Mole House Police Station for interview.

The investigation remains ongoing.