A corrupt check-in girl, a £30m suitcase plot and the family home sprayed with bullets

A corrupt check-in girl, a £30m suitcase plot and the family home sprayed with bulletsIllicit cash left the UK on an "industrial scale" disguised as routine baggage on familiar flights. Share Article Share Article Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Bluesky Email Copy Link Link copied Bookmark Add us as preferred source Comments By Paul Jeeves 14:08, Fri, Jun 5, 2026 Updated: 14:18, Fri, Jun 5, 2026 Emma Rauf (Image: National Crime Agency)An airport check-in worker enabled a major crime gang to smuggled almost £30million out of the UK by ignoring weight limits on suitcases jam-packed with illicit cash. The syndicate worked with a British Dubai-based organiser to smuggle the money – which came from drugs peddled across the north of England – via Emirates flights leaving from Manchester, Birmingham and Brussels airports between December 2017 and November 2019. Couriers smuggled the criminal cash in up to five suitcases at a time, sometimes helped by corrupt Emirates check-in attendant Emma Rauf, who worked at Manchester Airport. window.scriptsToLoad.push({url:'https://live.primis.tech/live/liveView.php?s=118222&vp_content=plembed3a6btjknzwqh&cbuster=%%CACHEBUSTER%%&playerApiId=v118222',triggeredBy:'tcfLoaded',delay:1500,containerId:'ovp-primis',title:"Primis player",beforeLoad:()=>{window.top.addEventListener('primisPlayerInit',e=>{try{if(e.detail&&e.detail.playerApiId==="v118222"){if(window.document.getElementsByClassName('jwplayer')[0]){e.detail.float('disable')}}}catch(e){}})},}) State pensioners shopping at Iceland handed DWP boost for extra cash Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT Get the day's biggest headlines in UK and World news and more Subscribe Invalid emailWe use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. Read our Privacy PolicyUK football giant making major new change to iconic stadium - bui...