A real pound pooch trained by police to sniff out banknotes helped authorities confiscate more than $39,000 in cash Thursday from a man at a London train station. The dog, one of 25 trained by British police to detect the scent of ink in bank notes, singled out a man carrying the 23,900 in British pounds at the Euston train station, authorities said.
The man ? whose identity has not been released ? allegedly could not explain why he had the money. He was released but the cash was confiscated under the Proceeds of Crime Act. The effort was part of Operation Payback, a four-year program between police and Customs officials designed to attack the proceeds of crime by impounding illegal cash and assets. Since the Proceeds of Crime Act took effect in December, police have confiscated more than $60.1 million.
Wait a minute here. "Illegal cash"? Where's the crime? Unfortunately, the US has similar laws regarding large amounts of cash; the motivation is obvious.
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