i read it in the navhind times this morning poor lad

Linky

http://www.navhindtimes.com/articles.php?Story_ID=102310

I think the maximum you can bring in cash is $10,000, so the £8,000 would be well over this. I did not think that there was any limit in travellers cheques though. I wonder if they had a tip off, as I have heard of very few people being searched on the way in. Poor sod!!

is he aloud to take the money back home with him i wonder sure he can!!! i hope so for the lad ,he must of known the law i am sure

OMG - I wonder if he will see his money again

seems a strange way to take such a lot of money anywhere.

The commission alone on £60.000 in TC's is quite a lump.

I would suspect that this was something more iffy than a property purchase, surely any property purchase would be done by bank credit transfer or draft etc.

Hi Del

Unless it is a dodgy builder and then if it is maybe the guy should tell the police who the builder is and then lets see what happens, he should be able to cancel his travellers cheques but who know about the £8000.

Mike

I take your point, but still find it hard to have any sympathy.
taking money that way seems such a peculiar thing to do that alarm bells should have been ringing unless the guy knew what he was doing was illegal.
it even seems strange to take money that way if it was a drug deal
I would also imagine that he wasn't stopped at random, purchasing such a large amount of TC's would have caused a bit of attention re money laundering regulations nowadays and I would imagine his passport no was "flagged" beore he even left the UK.

Very strange situation for sure, as somebody already said, imagine the commision on 60 k of travellers cheques even worse would be stood behind him when he tried to cash them very fishy indeed .

Can you imagine the wad of rupees when he changed up!!