Dramatic moment Spanish cops arrest Scots couple accused of gangland money laundering

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Dramatic video footage shows the moment Spanish cops arrested a Scots couple accused of gangland money laundering at their plush home in Marbella.Johnny Morrissey was handcuffed, alongside his wife Nicola, at dawn before being led away by a crack team of Spanish investigators.Morrissey, 62, was held on suspicion of money laundering following simultaneous raids at his home on the Costa Del Sol, and other properties in Spain, Glasgow and Heywood in Greater Manchester.

He is alleged to have laundered up to £173m of dirty money in just 18 months, reports Manchester Evening News.Footage released by the Spanish authorities today shows the moment Guardia Civil officers raided the couple's gated Marbella home.Nicola, boss of a Glasgow-based Vodka firm, gave photographers the finger as she was led away.A helicopter, using an infra red camera, captured the moment cops went into the house before they removed a string of items: a painting of a nude hanging on a wall, a number of watches and a machete.Morrissey, wearing just shorts, was pictured sitting handcuffed in a chair as the search continued around him.

A bottle of Nero vodka was seen in a display cabinet - although his wife is said to be the CEO, Morrissey is alleged to control the company and has been accused of allegedly using it as a front for money laundering.In another clip, now wearing a t-shirt, he is captured seated in the kitchen of the home, which has a pool and a series of security cameras, moments before he is led away.As part of the same operation, the footage shows a huge number of packages, believed to contain drugs, concealed in a people carrier following an earlier raid while, at another raid in a remote compound in the hills above Marbella, a number of high