Thread: $200K in Unclaimed Cash Found on Texas Bus near Border

$200K in Unclaimed Cash Found on Texas Bus near Border

by BOB PRICE 24 Aug 2022

Passengers on a bus in South Texas failed to claim a box containing nearly $200,000 in cash after Border Patrol agents found the stash. Agents also found an additional $500 in unclaimed counterfeit currency.

Freer Station Border Patrol agents in the Laredo Sector received a call for K-9 assistance from Duval County Sheriff’s Office deputies regarding a bus stopped on U.S. Highway 59, according to a tweet from Laredo Sector Chief Patrol Agent Carl E. Landrum. A Border Patrol agent and his K-9 partner responded to the location.

The agent and K-9 conducted a search of the bus which led to the discovery of a shoe box. Upon inspection, the agent found the box contained $199,050 in U.S. currency. The agent also found $500 in counterfeit bills, Landrum stated.

None of the passengers on the bus claimed to be the owners of the nearly $200,000 in cash or the counterfeit bills.

Officials seized the unclaimed currency.



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On August 22, Duval County Sheriff's Office requested K9 assistance from US Border Patrol on a traffic stop involving a bus near Highway 59. A Freer Station K9 handler and his partner responded to the location.



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After a brief inspection of the bus, a shoe box filled with bulks of currency was discovered.
All passengers onboard were interviewed but the money went unclaimed. A total of $199,050 were accounted for, & $500 were determined to be counterfeit bills.
All currency was seized.




9:10 AM · Aug 24, 2022

Earlier this year, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers found more than $100,000 taped to a woman’s body as she attempted to cross the border from Texas into Mexico. Officers working the Hidalgo International Bridge found a 26-year-old woman in a taxi attempting to cross the border, Breitbart Texas reported.

The officers referred the taxi driver to a secondary inspection area where officers found 12 bundles of cash taped to the woman’s body. Officials report the woman allegedly attempted to carry $114,294 of undeclared U.S. currency on her person.

$200K in Unclaimed Cash Found on Texas Bus near Border (breitbart.com)

Use it to bus illegal aliens back to Mexico.