{"id":277786,"date":"2026-09-03T02:04:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T02:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/277786\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T02:04:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T02:04:17","slug":"k-9-credited-with-seizure-of-19000-in-unreported-cash-at-philadelphia-international-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/277786\/","title":{"rendered":"K-9 credited with seizure of $19,000 in unreported cash at Philadelphia International Airport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"6abc Digital Staff Image\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1788401056_213_16248352_2024-wpvi-generic-6abc-logo-on-white-background-img-v3.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, September 2, 2026 9:28PM<\/p>\n<p>A four-legged crime fighter at Philadelphia International Airport is credited with uncovering thousands of dollars in hidden cash.<\/p>\n<p>WPVI<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) &#8212; A four-legged crime fighter at Philadelphia International Airport is credited with uncovering thousands of dollars in hidden cash.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Nitro, a K-9 with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, alerted officers to two travelers headed to the Dominican Republic on Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Officers say the man and woman possessed more than $19,000 in unreported cash.<\/p>\n<p>Top Stories<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"iVcn UbGlr ibBnq qdXbA avodi DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE QGHKv HNQqj ICwhc Bkgbl ZLXw kSqqG rEBmF sfsRN \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/6abc.com\/post\/community-members-lift-car-rescue-trapped-bike-rider-prospect-park-pennsylvania\/19781251\/\" aria-label=\"Community members lift car to rescue trapped e-bike rider in Prospect Park\" aria-describedby=\"Communitymembersliftbody\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1788401057_921_19781547_090226-wpvi-ebike-accident-430p-vid-vid.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Federal law allows travelers to carry any amount of money, but anything over $10,000 must be reported to customs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">During fiscal year 2025, Customs and Border Protection said its officers and agents seized an average of about $180,000 in unreported or illicit currency daily.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 WPVI-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wednesday, September 2, 2026 9:28PM A four-legged crime fighter at Philadelphia International Airport is credited with uncovering thousands&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":277787,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116347,69,71,70],"class_list":["post-277786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-116347","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277786\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/277787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}