The pair were caught with bundles of banknotes in their possession following an investigation.
By Olimpia ZagnatTwo money launderers have been sentenced after being caught with more than £270,000 in illegally-earned cash.Rahman, 43, of no fixed address, and Oscroft, 36, of Breck Hill Road, Nottingham, pleaded guilty to money laundering offences.Kent Police said Rahman got into the passenger seat of a Porsche in a residential road in Nottingham on 17 September 2018.
The vehicle was driven by Oscroft to a neighbouring street before Rahman exited holding a carrier bag.He placed the bag into the boot of an Audi, which was then driven to Medway in Kent before being stopped by police in another part of the county.However a total of £61,155 was discovered alongside a phone containing various images of a large number of banknotes.
Rahman was arrested on suspicion of money laundering, with officers later discovering a cash-counting machine at his home address. The carrier bag seized from Rahman's car contained a forensic link to Oscroft, who was arrested at his home address on 8 January 2019. A search of his house resulted in the discovery of £212,674 cash and mobile phone evidence showing his links to the supply of illegal drugs.Follow BBC East Midlands on
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