Gold bars weighing eight kilos were found in Lenn Mayhew-Lewis's Bentley, while a painting by Frank Auerbach which could be worth £5.5m was found separately - all objects will be sold, with proceeds going to the public.
A man who is being hunted for money laundering was found in possession of gold and art worth millions of pounds, the National Crime Agency has said. Lenn Mayhew-Lewis, 69, who the NCA described as a 'prolific money launderer', was found with eight kilos of gold bars and shavings stashed in his Bentley when he was arrested in 2019. They are now thought to be worth more than £400,000, authorities said.
Read more on Sky News:Schools which ban mobile phones get better grades'£2,000 landed in my account': The people who say they're manifesting riches The gold and painting will now be sold after an application for them to be forfeited was granted during a hearing on Monday. Funds will go into the public purse, with up to half of the proceeds going straight into fighting organised crime under the Home Office's Asset Recovery Incentivisation Scheme, the NCA said.
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