Cash holding couple detained at airport

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A couple leaving the country with US$57,317 in cash were arrested by members of the Las Americas International Airport Specialized Security Corps (CESA). The couple had not declared the cash prior to departure, which is a legal requirement. The pair, whose names were not revealed, were planning to travel to San Juan, Puerto Rico. They were taken to the National Drug Control Department to explain the source of the money. They are suspected of violating Law 72-02 on money laundering. The money was detected in hand luggage by the X-ray machine in Migration. Both are engineers and they explained that they had withdrawn the money from a local bank to invest in a house in Puerto Rico. They admitted that they had been wrong in failing to previously declare the money. To recover the money, they will need to present certification of its source.

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