More than <span style="font-weight: bold">half a million US dollars seized from three passengers at the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, </span>St. James has been placed into the Government's Consolidated Fund.
The money was seized from the passengers who were searched by agents of the Customs Department.
<span style="font-weight: bold">Jamaican law requires that passengers declare funds exceeding US$10,000. </span>
They were unable to offer a reasonable explanation as to the source of the money or why they failed to declare it to Customs.
<span style="font-weight: bold">The money was seized under the Proceeds of Crimes Act. </span>
<span style="font-weight: bold">This is the 136th seizure </span>that has been paid over to the Crown by the Customs Department <span style="font-weight: bold">since June of last year.</span>
Criminal investigations against the passengers are continuing.
The money was seized from the passengers who were searched by agents of the Customs Department.
<span style="font-weight: bold">Jamaican law requires that passengers declare funds exceeding US$10,000. </span>
They were unable to offer a reasonable explanation as to the source of the money or why they failed to declare it to Customs.
<span style="font-weight: bold">The money was seized under the Proceeds of Crimes Act. </span>
<span style="font-weight: bold">This is the 136th seizure </span>that has been paid over to the Crown by the Customs Department <span style="font-weight: bold">since June of last year.</span>
Criminal investigations against the passengers are continuing.
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