C.B.P. News Release

CBP Southbound Operation Seizes Nearly $12,000 Leaving Arizona

(Tuesday, February 02, 2010)

Nogales, Ariz. — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers stopped an illegal exportation of nearly $12,000 while screening traffic going into Mexico.

On January 31 at about 9 p.m., CBP officers were screening traffic going into Mexico as part of a southbound operation. The officers selected a white van being driven by a 36-year-old man from Altar, Sonora, Mexico. Further inspection revealed that the man was attempting to smuggle nearly $12,000 out of United States.

CBP officers seized the illegal currency. The man 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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