Posted on 11/16/2006 6:42:56 AM PST by elc
Airport Arrest Turns Up Nuclear Info Nov 16 9:36 AM US/Eastern
A man was arrested at Detroit Metropolitan Airport after officials say they found him carrying more than $78,000 in cash and a laptop computer containing information about nuclear materials and cyanide. Sisayehiticha Dinssa, an unemployed U.S. citizen, was arrested Tuesday after a dog caught the scent of narcotics on cash he was carrying, according to an affidavit filed in court.
When agents asked him if he had any cash to declare, he said he had $18,000, authorities said. But when agents checked his luggage, they found an additional $59,000. When they scrolled through his laptop, they said they found the mysterious files.
At a court hearing Wednesday, Dinssa was ordered held in custody until at least until Monday at the request of prosecutors.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Leonid Feller argued Dinssa was a potential risk to the community and federal agents want to get a warrant to search his computer more thoroughly, The Detroit News reported Thursday. U.S. Magistrate Donald Scheer approved Feller's request to detain him.
Dinssa, who is from Dallas, arrived in Detroit from Nigeria by way of Amsterdam and was headed for Phoenix, Feller said. He is charged with concealing more than $10,000 in his luggage, which carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison, the Detroit Free Press reported.
A message seeking comment was left Thursday with his lawyer, Leroy Soles.
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The mathematician in me wonders how 18K + 59K = 78K.
What is this article telling us??? Other than it's apparently illegal to carry U.S. currency and visit websites about nuclear weapons?
Un-Consti-freakin'-tutional, IMHO........
Nancee
Well I wonder what he was going to do...
he could do more time - for carrying cash - then carrying nuclear information.
Nothing to see here...move along.
There is no terrorist threat.
He probably had +1000 in his wallet..........What's in YOUR wallet?..........
He's just a simple Nigerian, living up to the promises of his recent e-mail campaign.
He was carrying dinars and the extra thousand was added in the currency exchange? LOL
Hey, don't you know that only criminals carry large amounts of cash! [/s]
The reporter doesn't have math skills and that's o.k. because he's a reporter. I couldn't figure it out either, but it is amazing the editors missed it too! Makes one wonder, doesn't it?
A little over $100 in cash... is that illegal? Am I going to jail?!
Not in the slightest.
I swear, one of these days, they're gonna catch a muzzie at the airport with a million in cash "declared" and a computer filled with "acme-DIY A-bomb" plans, all with the proper export control documents, and they're gonna have to let the sucker go......
I'm pretty sure that it's illegal to carry more than $10,000 cash out of the country without some sort of authorization.
US CONSTITUTION
Bill of Rights
Amendment IV
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
What's an unemployed Nigerian (one suspects Islamic, but maybe not) doing in Detroit, carrying the scent of narcotics, a huge sum of cash, and a laptop containing information on nukes and poisons?
If nothing else, that sounds like a guy who needs to be checked out.
A little over $100 in cash... is that illegal? Am I going to jail?!
Possibly... Boy if I were carrying around $78,000 in cash in Detroit, I would be hesitant to "declare" it as well!
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