CBP Officers Find $200,000 in Spare Tire at Douglas Port

Douglas, Ariz. — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers recently stopped an illegal exportation of more than $200,000.

On May 14, CBP officers were screening traffic going into Mexico as part of a southbound operation. The officers selected a 1996 Ford Ranger for further inspection. The vehicle was being driven by a 23-year-old man identified as a Mexican national and resident of Agua Prieta, Sonora, Mexico.

CBP officers discovered that the man was attempting to smuggle more than $200,000 out of the United States by concealing the money in a spare tire that was secured underneath the bed of the pickup.

CBP officers seized the vehicle and the undeclared currency. The man was turned over to the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement for further investigation and prosecution.