The EXACT SAME THING happened to me while traveling on Amtrak.....in 1991. As a railroad enthusiest, I booked a round trip to the west coast on Amtrak. Sleeping cars and all. On my way back to Chicago, we had a service stop in Albuquerque, I was approached by a US Marshal on the train. He showed me is badge and has me some questions. Laid out on my seat was my camera and several railroad magazines. After seeing that and realizing that I was not a threat, the Marshall explained that because of the effective use for drug sniffing dogs at airports, drug smugglers were traveling by bus and train to get their drugs inland from the southwest. They typically traveled alone and booked sleeping cars. Hence, I was profiled but I understood what he was doing. Apparently this is still going and likely for the same reasons.
Personally, I don’t have problem with it.
Thanks for your comment.
You would have been OK with having $60 stolen from you?
Don't let the fact that you didn't have a problem with it that one time close your mind to the possibility that others are having these problems now, and that these incidents may be increasing in number—and are definitely, in the case of cash seizures, eroding basic rights.
I have a problem with it. Despite all these unconstitutional actions drugs are still widely available in any town.