Maine troopers stop truck, find false logbook ... and $1M cash

First law broken...undeclared commodity for transport; Second law broken...undeclared income and source of income, unless a source and documentation of earned income/profit taxes the "goods" are considered contraband, and there fore seize-able by IRS, Customs, and local/State officials; third law broken...tax evasion.

Of course you weren't bothered, your freight was noted on your BOL, it came from a known source, and as to the value...you, your company, and the shipper knew the declared value and the cost to insure the load. Plus I'll bet your $135 million wasn't cash was it?

Yep, it will be a big deal if it is counterfeit.

What? This statement does not compute!

Prey tell, what regulation are you referring to?

A smart lawyer wouldn't touch this one...on the other hand, a dirty, corrupt lawyer would!

A bad log is sufficient for probably cause...especially if you tie in a very nervous, or uncooperative driver. I am curious Injun, just where did you get all this "they can't", or "they don't have the right to" stuff? Truck stop legal advisors at the breakfast counter?

 

We do not know if there was a BOL involved or not.

 

Obviously, the cash was NOT on the BOL, or they would not be referring to this:

 

I read that a few days ago. Must have forgot. Thanks.

Now, which way was it going?

 

South bound!

 

I am not kidding read the whole story from the link. Was two drivers and only one arrested, here is a cut and paste from it:


"The driver, Jhon Rivera-Ramirez, age 35 and passenger Jose Javier Perez, age 46, were found to be in possession of false logs. Jhon Rivera-Ramirez was arrested for that charge. A subsequent search of the trailer yielded a very large amount of US currency estimated to be in excess of $1 million."

that's a cut and paste from the article the Driver was arrested for false log books BEFORE they found the money.
http://www.bangordailynews.com/stor...find-false-logbook-a-1-million-in-cash,152978

It's rare but I heard of people getting caught with Millions in cash and getting it back after Taxes and penalties by going to court and proving they earned it legally. Just never heard of it being found in a big truck. I like you smell drug money, these guys might not have even know it was on board either because it was in the trailer.

 

I don't see anything to the effect of there being "two" drivers..although both could be. I don't see evidence of that yet.

 

Good one! I call 'em "airstool lawyers" LOL.

 

Druglord in Mexico.... "I told you to hire someone that could keep an american logbook you idiot! You hire some loco gringo that thinks Sleeper Berth is when his wife has a baby in the back of the truck".

 

Sealed load or not, DOT can open it to check for proper load securement, and Maine will. They give you a sheet of paper with their badge number, name, seal taken off, and then they reseal it and put that seal number on the piece of paper as well.