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CBP Seizes Nearly $190K in Unreported Funds

Release Date
Mon, 09/22/2014

Tucson, Ariz. — A 48-year-old Mexican man was arrested Sept. 16 for attempting to smuggle $189,300 in unreported U.S. currency into Mexico through the Port of Nogales.

roof of a smuggling vehicle

CBP officers assigned to the Port of Nogales searched and located nine packages of unreported currency within the vehicle roof of a smuggling vehicle.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers conducting outgoing inspections referred a Cadillac Escalade for further inspection and located nine packages of currency hidden inside the vehicle’s roof. 

Officers seized the unreported currency and referred the driver to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations.  

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.

Last Modified: Feb 03, 2021