Amsterdam police seize nearly €2m in cash in hotel room

cash policeAmsterdam police have seized almost two million euros in cash after a tip-off led them to a city hotel room.

The money – a total of €1,987,859 – was found in plastic bags and ‘neatly arranged on the hotel room floor’, police said in a statement on Friday.

A 34-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the haul. He is suspected of money laundering.

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