C.B.P. News Release

CBP Currency Detector Dog Discovers $235,000 at Arizona Port
(Monday, February 08, 2010)

Nogales Arizona — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers Saturday stopped illegal exportation of $235,000 while screening traffic going into Mexico, thanks to a specially trained detector dog team.

At about 3:30 p.m., CBP officers were screening traffic going into Mexico as part of southbound operations. The officers became suspicious of a 2003 Dodge Ram pick-up being driven by a 45-year-old woman from Tucson, Ariz. With the assistance of the canine team specially trained in the detection of money and weapons, officers searched the vehicle and discovered that the tailgate was loaded with illegal currency.

“Currency or other monetary instruments may seem like a pretty harmless commodity;â€