CANBERRA, ACT, June 9 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release:

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Four people allegedly involved in an elaborate Queensland-based money laundering scheme that smuggled cash around the country and washed millions of dollars of criminal proceeds have been charged following an 18-month, multi-agency investigation.

The AFP-led Criminal Assets Confiscation Taskforce (CACT) has also restrained assets across Queensland and NSW suspected of being the proceeds of crime, which have a combined value of about $21 million and include 17 properties, bank accounts and vehicles.

More than 70 members from the Queensland Joint Organised Crime Taskforce (QJOCTF), com...