A Passenger Tried to Sneak Undeclared Cash onto an International Flight. Then a Police Dog Sniffed Out $44K
By Christopher Edwards
Published on May 13, 2026.
A man, a 54-year-old naturalized U.S. citizen from Peru, attempted to smuggle $44,000 in undeclared cash onto an international flight from Philadelphia International Airport to Cancun, Mexico on April 30. The man was found after a police dog alerted CBP officers conducting outbound enforcement. The money was seized due to violating federal currency reporting laws. The traveler was returned $240 to the airline and released for "humanitarian purposes". The CBP seized an average of $180,000 of unreported or illicit currency every day in 2025.
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