And yes,this is far different from someone traveling County Road 227 in Texas and is pulled over by the Bixby County Sheriff's Dept for a broken headlight and they find $2,000 cash on you,seize it as "suspected drug money",and then send you on your way. Much different,in fact.
About twenty years ago I contracted with a company out of Nashua to build a fence on my property. I asked them if there was a cash discount. They said sure. I ended up bringing down just under $6K in hundreds to their shop in Nashua, NH.
It is not exactly in the nicest part of town. I was very glad to hand over the money to them.
At the time it was the most money I had ever had in hand.
I was also afraid what I would tell the police going into that part of town with so much cash. I doubted they would believe I was there to buy a chain link fence.