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Mexican police arrest Japanese man carrying nearly $200,000Mexico City, May 2, 2010 (EFE via COMTEX) -- A 62-year-old Japanese national who was carrying $174,645 in cash and $2,500 in travelers checks was arrested by Federal Police officers in southeastern Mexico, the Public Safety Secretariat said. Ito Noboru was stopped for a routine inspection while driving on the stretch of highway between Campeche and Uman. The man made some contradictory statements to officers, who searched his vehicle and found the cash. Noboru was also carrying 64,000 pesos (about $5,000) and 784 Argentine pesos, the secretariat said. The man told officers he was coming from the Caribbean resort city of Cancun, where he planned to move, and that the money belonged to him. Noboru, however, could not prove that the money was his and he was handed over to federal prosecutors, who will conduct an investigation, the Public Safety Secretariat said. EFE gt/hv |