Smuggler hid £60k in pants

A MAN who tried to smuggle £60,000 out of Britain in his underpants was jailed for four years yesterday for money laundering offences totalling almost £4million.

John Maurice 68 boarded a Dover ferry to France John Maurice, 68, boarded a Dover ferry to France

A sniffer dog stopped property salesman John Maurice, 68, as he boarded a Dover ferry to France.

He'd been regularly monitored taking £25,000 to £50,000 at a time to a bureau and changing it, Canterbury Crown Court heard.

Maurice, of Barnstaple, Devon, said the money was for "clients" buying furniture for Spanish properties.

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