Craig and Natalie Little sentenced after crime cash seized

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A Middleton couple have been sentenced for money laundering after over £336,000 of criminal cash was seized by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) from their home.

Craig Little, 33, and his wife Natalie Little, 29, of Bonny Brow Street, were arrested in June 2015 after HMRC officers found £336,170 in cash bundles, together with a cash counting machine, during a search of their home.

Greater Manchester Police (GMP), who assisted with the operation, also seized six kilos of cannabis ‘skunk’ with a street value of approximately £30,000 from the same address.

At earlier hearings Craig and Natalie Little pleaded guilty to money laundering offences, they were sentenced on Wednesday 4 May at Minshull Street Crown Court, Manchester. Craig Little was jailed for two years and Natalie Little was sentenced to 26 weeks in prison, suspended for two years, 50 hours unpaid work and a £80 surcharge. Craig Little was sentenced for the drugs offences at the same hearing.