Customs seizes US$738,585 on ferry

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Customs officials seized US$738,585 after inspecting packages of rice and laundry detergents that accompanied a woman on the ferry from Puerto Rico. The stash of money was found when officers checked the baggage accompanying Dianna Marte Perez, who stated that she was headed to Arroyo Barril on the Samana Peninsula. Money was also found in perfume bottles and an inflatable mattress. Her passport showed she had visited the country on seven previous occasions since October 2006, and all of her visits were for just three days. On all the trips she came on the Mayaguez ferry. This is the second large seizure of undeclared money made on the ferry. The first find was in April when agents found US$420,000 on a naturalized US citizen.

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