Feds seize more than $380,000 at B&M Bridge
February 23, 2011 3:11 PM
The Brownsville Herald

Federal authorities working south bound enforcement at the B&M Bridge seized more than $380,000 in cash earlier this week.

Authorities with U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the U.S. Border Patrol made the $381,000 seizure as the driver of a 1996 Dodge Ram truck was trying to travel into Mexico on Sunday, officials said.

The driver, identified as a 19-year-old Pharr man, was traveling with two minors. He was referred to a secondary inspection at the Brownsville and Matamoros International Bridge, where authorities discovered 15 packages of bulk U.S. money hidden inside the truck, officials said.

Officers with CBP confiscated the money and the truck and referred the case to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement-Homeland Security Investigation or (ICE-HSI) special agents for further investigation.

Officials said it is not a crime to carry more than $10,000, but it is a federal offense if money of $10,000 or more is not declared when leaving the country.

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