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Indiana police have dogs that sniff specifically for cash at the US’s 2nd biggest FedEx hub, then they simply keep the money (eu.indystar.com)

submitted 2 months ago by activistPnk@slrpnk.net to c/privacy@sopuli.xyz

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(edit) Would someone please ship some counterfeit money through there and get it confiscated, so the police can then be investigated for spending counterfeit money?

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[–] HakFoo@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Low value foreign currency, i.e. for collectors?

You can buy a lot of issues in packs of 100 or even 1,000 notes for a few tens of dollars, and it's not worth calling Brinks for some old Soviet roubles or Zimbabwe dollars. Would likely still smell like money.

[–] rbn@sopuli.xyz -2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Okay, valid point. But is the police seizing such packages? If we assume the police is stealing it out of greed, that wouldn't be too profitable for them to steal 5 USD in Zimbabwe dollars.

I thought they're confiscating cash with a higher value, like bundlSe of USD/CAD/EUR/AUD etc. In the article they wrote 6 million USD and on the picture I see only US notes as well. And if that's the case, I somewhat agree that that's a bit suspicious.

Still, they shouldn't just take and keep it, but if they confiscate it and then contact the recipient to explain the background of the transaction, I'd be fine with that.

If you carry large amounts of cash on a flight you also have provide reason and papertrail for that.