C.B.P. News Release

CBP Southbound Operations Seize Cash in Nogales

(Tuesday, February 23, 2010)

Nogales, Arizona - U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers stopped an illegal attempt to smuggle nearly $19,000.00 into Mexico.

On Monday evening, CBP officers were screening pedestrian traffic going into Mexico as part of a southbound inspection operation. The officers became suspicious of a 31-year-old woman from Sonora, Mexico and decided to question her further. During the interview process it was discovered that the woman had packages of money concealed in several places on her body. The woman was attempting to smuggle the undeclared currency out of the United States.

CBP officers seized the illegal currency. The woman was turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement for further questioning.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the unified border agency within the Department of Homeland Security charged with the management, control and protection of our nation's borders at and between the official ports of entry. CBP is charged with keeping terrorists and terrorist weapons out of the country while enforcing hundreds of U.S. laws.

Contacts For This News Release
M. Carl Robinson
CBP Public Affairs
Phone: (520) 364-8486

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