A Swiss woman said she "had no idea" what gardai wanted when they arrested her in Midleton, a trial before Cork Criminal Circuit Court was told yesterday.
Ms Maria Bernadetta Jehle (47), of The Priory, Cobh, Co Cork, denies two charges of handling money, knowing it was the proceeds of others' criminal activity.
Ms Jehle told Ms Maureen Clarke, for the State, that she was surprised when stopped by members of the Garda Fraud Squad outside the TSB, Midleton, in May 1997.
The case, before Judge Patrick Moran and a jury, begins its ninth week on Monday.