Money mules smuggled wads of notes in nappies and incontinence pads

A gang of money mules behind a £70m laundering operation used nappies and incontinence pads to smuggle cash to Dubai, a court heard. They made hundreds of trips to the Middle East between 2017 and 2019, loaded with cash made in illegal immigration crime and drug dealing. A plot to smuggle 17 Afghan migrants, including five children, into the UK in the back of a truck carrying tyres with no ventilation holes in 2019, was also underway. The vehicle was…