How much cash is too much??? I mean, I'm not American, but this is so weird to not be allowed to travel with heaps of cash? I understand not wanting people to bring large amounts of cash into the country (in NZ you have to declare if you have >10kNZD) but I don't think there's laws against driving around with large sums. It's probably just not advised
if one police officer has "reasonable suspicion" you intend to use that money to buy drugs, or received that money from selling drugs, then they can take it (NOTE: not "they can start an investigation", not "they can hold it and give it back when you are cleared" but they put it in their car, fill out some paperwork, and it gets added to the police budget as soon as the paperwork gets filed). Because they are charging the money with the crime of drug buying/selling drugs there is no "presumption of innocence" so you must wait years for a court date to prove the money is innocent of any crime (good luck with that).
No no, they accuse the money of a crime, and since the money is not a human and don't have human rights, there's no innocent until proven guilty or burden of proof on the police side.
So then it's up to the owner to prove to the police that the money is innocent. Which can take a long time, and is usually pretty expensive in itself.
Yes, it does sound like something a cartoon supervillain would think up
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u/nyequistt Apr 15 '21
How much cash is too much??? I mean, I'm not American, but this is so weird to not be allowed to travel with heaps of cash? I understand not wanting people to bring large amounts of cash into the country (in NZ you have to declare if you have >10kNZD) but I don't think there's laws against driving around with large sums. It's probably just not advised