You'll never guess what I had in the back of my cab - Police seize £1 million cash from London taxi

A bag containing almost £1 million in cash in the back of a London cab was seized by police, Scotland Yard has revealed.

The revelation came as the Met revealed it had seized a record £73 million from convicted criminals last year, since the Proceeds of Crime Act came into force in 2002.

The £1 million taxi haul was part of that total.

In fact, it proved to be the largest single find by officers, in terms of cash.

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The taxi was stopped in east London and the bag in the back contained £943,000 in notes.

Officers believe the cash was being moved around London by a criminal gang.

Cops also seized assets from criminals, including a red Ferrari.

The former owners of the East Village nightclub in Shoreditch, Ashley Sheldrick and Terrence Hart, were jailed for 18 years in total in 2015 for conspiring to run brothels and launder the profits.

Police believe the enterprise raked in more than £12 in three years using chip and pin machines in brothels.

The Met today released images of cash seized by police and assets confiscated from criminals, including a red Ferrari.

Outgoing Met Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe said: “The Met is here to reduce crime and keep people safe.

“It’s satisfying to see criminals pay back for the damage they cause communities through the assets we’ve recovered.

“The message is loud and clear, crime does not pay and criminals who think it does will have to deal with the full force of the Met.”