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Undeclared money seized at port
By VICTOR MORALES, Staff Writer

Thursday, June 26, 2008 10:09 PM PDT

PHOTO COURTESY OF U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION
Unclaimed money totaling almost $274,000 was found hidden inside a vehicle that was seized Wednesday night.

CALEXICO — Almost $274,000 hidden inside a vehicle was seized at the Calexico Downtown Port of Entry Wednesday night, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection said.

The money, found wrapped in cellophane packages behind a concealed non-factory metal compartment, was the largest seizure of undeclared currency made in recent memory, the agency said.

The 1999 Cadillac El Dorado carrying the money was marked by a canine during a random canvass of cars entering the port at 6 p.m., CBP officials said.

The male driver, a U.S. citizen, was arrested on suspicion of currency smuggling by special agents of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The vehicle and currency were seized by CBP officers.

Wednesday’s seizure increases the amount of undeclared money seized at both Calexico ports of entry this fiscal year to $378,832.

Travelers must formally report to the U.S. government the entry or departure of any quantity over $10,000.

>> Staff Writer Victor Morales can be reached at 337-3452 or vmorales@ivpressonline.com

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Comments:

Einheriar wrote on Jun 27, 2008 1:24 PM:

" I thought the folks working at the port wore blue uniforms not green ones. "

sterig wrote on Jun 27, 2008 11:20 AM:

" they need to cut this guy a break. He was just going on vacation and he heard gas was expensive here in the USA. "

Tool, the pious molester of hand puppets and cow-tippers wrote on Jun 27, 2008 10:57 AM:

" Hell.. I'll claim it.
But my surprise is HOW Snoopy and his abnormal sensory skill caught this man with more than 9k. Hmmm are these dogs trained to smell and discriminate bundles of money adding more than 9k, adhesive used in the concealment, money drenched in drug. Or the BP incahoots with drug cartels, you give us so and so and we let so and so bypass. HMMMM? Actually i just wanted to us incahoots from my arsenal of funny unused words. GOOD JOB BP. "

dace35 wrote on Jun 27, 2008 10:05 AM:

" Money is the root of all evil and some BP agents are selling out to the cartels. "

cezar1975 wrote on Jun 27, 2008 6:37 AM:

" Guess his mattres had to many lumps? "

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