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Perth Airport luggage cash haul 'uncovers $7m in unexplained wealth'
The Australian Federal Police claim to have uncovered a multi-million dollar money laundering scheme after a woman was stopped at Perth Airport trying to leave the state with $190,000 cash in her luggage.
Australian Border Force officers spotted the bundles of cash during a screening of the 65–year-old's bag.
She allegedly told officials it was her savings, however during an investigation into the origins of the cash, it was identified that the woman's son and daughter-in-law had purchased six properties in WA in the past six years, worth a total of $4.5 million – none of which were mortgaged. They also owned a $2 million property in Gnangara.
Police allege the couple failed to declare their true earnings and restrained the seven properties and the airport cash due to being suspected proceeds of crime.
AFP Western Command acting Superintendent Chris Colley said people who could not explain their wealth and assets would be held to account.
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Making headlines today a prestigious Perth private school has revealed plans for multimillion-dollar water sports facility, complete with lap lanes and a water polo pool, that is 'commensurate with the expectations of the community'.
Wesley College has submitted plans for a $12.1 million revamp of its 60-year-old swimming pool – which the school says is at the 'end of its useful life' – to the Metro Inner Development Assessment Panel.
Meanwhile, a Perth man has claimed the actions of a public hospital during a routine surgery led to the loss of his foot.
Brett Hurley is suing South Metropolitan Health Service and his local general practitioner after he went into septic shock and lost his right leg below the knee after failing to heal properly from ankle surgery.
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