He was arrested at the Harbour on 5 May after Customs officers found £42,000 in cash in the door panel of his car.
The father-of-two admitted to police that he had been asked to take the money back to the UK and was paid £1,000 to make the delivery and £500 for his expenses.
The Royal Court yesterday sentenced Turney to a two-year jail term suspended for two years after he admitted one count of attempting to move criminal property from Jersey.
Outlining the case, Crown Advocate Richard Pedley said that the defendant, who regularly visits the Island with his family, had been approached by a man in the UK who offered to pay the defendant if he collected some cash.
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