Thirty-five arrests after hundreds of barbershops and other businesses raided in UK money-laundering investigation

Police have frozen bank accounts containing more than £1m after uncovering cannabis farms and evidence of modern slavery during raids on more than 250 barbershops and other high street businesses.

In a three-week crackdown on high street crime, known as Operation Machinize, the National Crime Agency (NCA) targeted “cash-intensive” businesses that it believes are linked to money laundering.

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