A man and a woman have been arrested and are in custody assisting with investigations into the seizure of a large sum of foreign and local currencies.

According to a police release, in stepping up operations to address money laundering, ranks of the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) on Friday morning conducted operations on four locations.

The release did not reveal the locations but noted that during the operation, a significant sum of foreign and local currencies was found at two of the locations and seized pending further investigations into money laundering.