At the busy Ambassador Bridge linking Detroit to Windsor, the continents most heavily travelled crossing, a Canadian border agent greeted three men in a GMC Yukon Denali with the usual recital of questions.
Did they have any firearms? Were they bringing in currency worth $10,000 or more?
No, no, nothing like that, the driver answered, according to notes made by members of the Canada Border Services Agency. Unconvinced, the agent told him to pull over for a search.
An inspection of the car would turn up two handguns and some ammunition, but when CBSA agent Celine El-Tayar opened the back door on the driverâs side of the SUV, she faced a wall of bankerâs boxes. She tugged on one. It was unexpectedly heavy.
Lifting the lid, she saw wads of money.
Box after box, 24 in all, were similarly stuffed with bound wads of currency, each bill featuring the cursive swoops of Arabic lettering.
strange story!
Well how odd. No doubt they’re up to no good.