Thread: CBP Seizes $133K At Nogales Border Entry

CBP Seizes $133K At Nogales Border Entry

Authorities: Man Who Occupied Vehicle Arrested

POSTED: 1:09 pm MST December 4, 2009
UPDATED: 1:33 pm MST December 4, 2009

NOGALES, Ariz. -- U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the Dennis DeConcini Port of Entry in Nogales Thursday said they discovered $133,412 hidden inside a Volkswagen Beetle.

CBP officers said they discovered the currency in packages stashed in the rear quarter panel of the vehicle.

Authorities said a 22-year-old man from Sonora, Mexico, who occupied the car, was arrested and turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement for further investigation.

http://www.kpho.com/news/21865044/detail.html

If this guy was trying to smuggle in cash, our economy must be worse that I thought! Usually it is smuggle in drugs and smuggle out cash.

Originally Posted by vortex

If this guy was trying to smuggle in cash, our economy must be worse that I thought! Usually it is smuggle in drugs and smuggle out cash.

This was most likely an outbound inspection.

C.B.P. News Release

CBP Officer in Arizona Seize $133,412 in Undeclared Currency

(Friday, December 04, 2009)

Nogales, Ariz. - U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the Dennis DeConcini port of entry yesterday discover $133,412 hidden inside a Volkswagen Beetle. A 22-year-old man from Sonora, Mexico is arrested.

On Thursday afternoon, CBP officers conducting routine inspections of vehicles leaving the United States selected a 2001 Volkswagen Beetle for exam. The vehicle was occupied by a 22-year-old man from Sonora, Mexico.

While conducting their inspection, CBP officers discovered several packages of U.S. currency hidden in the rear quarter panel of the vehicle. Officers removed numerous packages totaling $133,412.

The money was seized. The driver of the vehicle was arrested and turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement for further investigation.

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
Edith Serrano
CBP Public Affairs
Phone: (520) 761-2863 or
(520) 375-5785

http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/new ... 2009_7.xml