Glasgow man jailed for transporting dirty money

A man involved in transporting almost £230,000 of dirty money has been jailed for four years.

47 year-old Kevin Kelly had left Scotland for Portugal shortly after the crime in October 2014 – but was snared last year when he returned for a family wedding.

He was held after a large sum of cash from a cannabis deal had earlier been seized by police.

A judge heard how Kelly had given the money and a mobile phone to the female driver of a car in Easterhouse, Glasgow.

This vehicle was later tracked to services in Cumbria in England.

The woman was stopped and £229,250 of money was found inside the motor. Kelly's DNA was found on the mobile phone.

Kelly was detained in August 2017 after officers became aware he may be living in Paisley, Renfrewshire.

It led to him admitting at the High Court in Glasgow to being involved in the transfer and removal of criminal cash from Scotland.

John Scullion QC, defending, said: “The money was not his. He was given a package to deliver.