A crime family used a corrupt Emirates check-in girl to smuggle almost £30million of cash out of the UK in suitcases onboard the airline's flights, a court heard.Hundreds of thousands of pounds were smuggled in at least five suitcases at a time on Dubai-bound flights from Manchester, Birmingham and Brussels between December 2017 and November 2019.The alleged organiser, who cannot be named for legal reasons because they are awaiting extradition, told his subordinates to pick up the cash from various organised crime groups across the country without legally declaring it on departure.Couriers would conceal hordes of cash inside clothes, packed into suitcases, before taking them to Dubai, where their expensive hotels, meals, and nightclub visits were paid for them.Among them were mother, Heather Jeffrey, 58, and her children, Sheldan Noel, 30, and Lamara Noel, 34, who smuggled out more than £11million in cash from criminal groups in northern England.Meanwhile, CCTV captured the moment couriers Devanyl Graham, 26, from Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, and Sophie Logan, 31, who had been living in Dubai, wheeled seven suitcases through Manchester Airport in May 2018.And it was Emma Rauf, an Emirates check-in desk attendant, who waved through the cases and abused her position so couriers could avoid hundreds of pounds of excess baggage fees as they smuggled used banknotes to the UAE city.In March, she admitted to helping the gang smuggle millions into the Middle Eastern country, so she could spend the money on luxury designer items as well as a boob job.The jury was shown videos allegedly sent by Rauf to relatives showing off a Louis Vuitton handbag, Valentino shoes, a diamond ring and a Rolex watch inside a Bentley. Pictured top left to right: Devanyl Graham, Heather Jeffrey, Sheikh Job, Sophie Logan. Pictured bottom left to right: Lamara Noel, Sheldan Noel, Emma Rauf, Ben Royle Check-in worker Emma Rauf, 33, admitted helping move between £14million and £30million on Emirates flights from Manchester Heather Jeffrey, 58, (pictured) and her children, Sheldan Noel, 30, and Lamara Noel, 34, who smuggled out more than £11million in cash from criminal groupsThey also heard messages that showed Rauf allegedly had cosmetic breast surgery paid for by her role in the crime.She initially denied one count of entering into a money laundering arrangement to remove cash from the UK, but later changed her plea to guilty.Eventually, the money laundering plot began to fall apart after more than £780,000 was seized in two incidents at UK airports, sparking a National Crime Agency probe.During a hearing at Bolton Crown Court, Bill Baker KC, prosecuting, said the operation brought major risks to Rauf's family after some of the money went missing while under her control.Rauf's brother Ben Royle, 31, formerly of Wilmslow, and his friend Sheikh Jobe, 33, from Manchester, also pleaded guilty to money laundering and are due to be sentenced on October 30.The court heard Royle's partner, Phoebe Adamson, who is not implicated in the offending, was left terrified when three men in ski masks tried to break into his Manchester flat, where he had stored £500,000, while she was there alone.Rauf's parents' home was also shot at after £406,500 left in the boot of her car on the drive was stolen overnight in October 2018.Mr Baker said the criminal owner of the missing cash ordered Rauf and her brother to take lie detector tests to try to find its whereabouts and warned them whoever took it would get a 'bullet through the head.'When Rauf refused, several bullets were fired through the front door and lounge window of the family home in Hale, Cheshire, by a man on a motorbike.A bullet passed through the front door while others rained through the living room window before lodging in the wall behind. Fortunately, nobody was home at the time.Rauf was later seen taking 'full' bags to a safety deposit box in Manchester City Centre, the court heard.Investigators uncovered that courier Devanyl Graham had flown to Dubai 18 times, declaring a total of £3.1 million in cash on arrival.Sheldan Noel, 30, (left) and Lamara Noel, 34, (right) from Bradford, were also involved in the money laundering scheme Sheldan Noel pictured with cash inside a suitcase Ben Royle's partner Phoebe Adamson (pictured) was left terrified after three men in ski masks tried to break into his flat where he had stored £500,000, jurors were told Bullet marking on the drive of Rauf's parents' home which was shot at after £406,500 left in the boot of her car on the drive was stolen overnight in October 2018.Meanwhile, Sophie Logan, the personal assistant to the alleged organiser, had flown to and from the city 38 times in two years, declaring £2.2 million on arrival.Sheikh Jobe, 33, from Manchester, was recruited by Ben Royle to fly £306,040 in cash from Manchester Airport back in October 2018. However, the cash was detected after check-in, resulting in his arrest.Following a 12-week trial, Devanyl Graham, Sheldan Noel, Lamara Noel, Heather Jeffrey, and Sophie Logan were found guilty of money laundering on June 4.Ben Royle and Sheikh Jobe pleaded guilty to the same charges before the trial had begun.Logan, Graham, Sheldan Noel, Lamara Noel, Royle, Jeffrey and Jobe are due to be sentenced at the same court on October 1.Rauf is set to be sentenced on October 30.NCA branch commander Jon Hughes said: 'This crime group smuggled cash from crime out of the UK on an industrial scale, to remove it from the scrutiny of law enforcement and launder it.'Emma Rauf enabled many of these trips by exploiting her position as an airline employee to waive through suitcases stuffed with money to avoid detection by law enforcement.'Cash is the lifeblood of organised crime groups. It fuels violence and insecurity around the world.'Criminals are prepared to unleash violence to maintain control, as the horrific shooting at Emma Rauf's family home shows. This could have easily led to death or serious injury had someone been there, showing that Rauf and Royle recklessly placed their family in grave danger.'Disrupting the supply of such illicit cash is a priority for the NCA and our partners.'We will continue to target cash couriers and hit crime groups where it hurts – in the pocket – and those who hold roles or positions that facilitate serious and organised crime. We also work with other agencies to target the issue of insider threats at ports and airports.'