Stash: $8.5million - around £5million - was found hidden in a wooden box in an east London apartment. It was discovered by TV crews from Channel 5 who were making a documentary about bailiffs''
The crew, believed to be filming a programme for a Channel 5 series, had followed the bailiffs to the property where they were executing a warrant to recover money in a separate issue.
Police were called and officers seized the cash. It has since been sent for authentication.
A television crew recording a documentary about bailiffs were stunned to find £5million stashed in a wooden box hidden in a flat.
$8.5million, the equivalent of about £5million, was found by the crew stuffed in a wooden box hidden in the apartment in Silvertown, east London.
The apartment is located in Wards Wharf - a collection of luxury new-builds in London's Docklands - and is close to London City Airport.
Police confirmed there is no suspicion of a terrorism connection.
A Metropolitan police spokesman said: 'Officers in Newham have recovered $8.5million at a residential flat.
Location: The money was found stashed in a flat in Wards Wharf - a collection of luxury newbuilds in London's Docklands located near to City Airport. A 26-year-old man was arrested and bailed until August, police said''
'Police were called at approximately 10:25hrs on Wednesday, 11 June to an address in Wards Wharf Apartments, E16 after a large quantity of cash was found by bailiffs who were executing a warrant there.
'Detectives from Newham are investigating.'
They added that a 29-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of money laundering and has been released on bail to a date in mid-August.
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