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2018-04-01 -Land of the Free

Man carrying $10 million in U.S. currency arrested at Tijuana airport

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Posted by Fred 2018-04-01 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 It's mine

Posted by Frank G 2018-04-01 06:42|| 2018-04-01 06:42|| Front Page Top

#2 stuffed into 31 white plastic sacks

The 31st sack was to pay for carry on baggage fees for the other 30.

Posted by Blinky Uneatch1846 2018-04-01 07:04|| 2018-04-01 07:04|| Front Page Top

#3 Large cash seizures are often the proceeds of illicit drug sales, and help finance the activities of criminal groups that smuggle drugs across the border.

If it were legal, a wire transfer would have been sufficient. Or it could have been deposited in the Cayman Islands for withdrawals to Mexico. Maybe these people should have set up a charitable foundation in the U.S. first or used an existing one for a surcharge.

Posted by JohnQC 2018-04-01 08:40|| 2018-04-01 08:40|| Front Page Top

#4 A man carrying $10 million in U.S. currency was nabbed Friday at Tijuana's A.L. Rodriguez International Airport

Wonder how tight the evidence locker is in Tijuana?

Posted by Procopius2k 2018-04-01 08:50|| 2018-04-01 08:50|| Front Page Top

#5 Any of them named Clinton?

Posted by AlanC 2018-04-01 09:34|| 2018-04-01 09:34|| Front Page Top

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