A ‘party-loving’ Kim Kardashian wannabe has admitted smuggling £3.5million out of the country – and trying to bring another £1.9million to Dubai.
Tara Hanlon, 30, who worked for a recruitment firm in Leeds, left Yorkshire after telling friends she had landed a ‘lucrative’ new role in public relations.
An international investigation conducted by the National Crime Agency caught Hanlon with nearly £2million stashed in five suitcases at Heathrow airport on October 3, 2020, as she tried to board a flight to Dubai.
She now faces up to seven years imprisonment after admitting trying to remove £1,940,120 from the country, alongside charges of ‘removing criminal property, namely cash’ at Isleworth Crown Court.
Hanlon previously smuggled £1.4million out of the country on July 14, a further £1.1million on August 10 and £1million on August 31, the court heard.
She was stopped by customs officer Esher Mohammed at Heathrow Terminal 2 at around 8pm.