CBP News Release

CBP Seizes More Than $360,000 in Undeclared Currency

(Friday, September 26, 2008)

Laredo, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Laredo Port of Entry Wednesday conducted outbound operations that resulted in the seizure of $364,009 in undeclared currency in two separate incidents. The enforcement actions resulted in one arrest and the seizure of two vehicles.

The larger of the two currency seizures occurred shortly before 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Lincoln-Juarez Bridge. CBP officers conducting outbound (southbound) inspections referred a 2008 BMW 120I driven by Ricardo Regalado Guerra, a 22-year-old, Mexican national from Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico for a secondary examination.

The driver gave a negative declaration for currency in excess of $10,000, weapons or ammunition. An X-ray scan of the vehicle revealed anomalies within both rear-quarter panels of the vehicle. CBP currency canine “Akimâ€