cash seized

I sent cash via dhl to a well known seedbank. The outgoing cash has been sitting at my local dhl as shipment on hold for 2+ weeks. I called to inquire about the status and they said it was being held after inspection. I contacted the seedbank to cancel my order but I am a little freaked out. any advice, I don't want to get in trouble for ordering my souveniers.

are you in USA, how much cash, did you have your IRL return address on package?

i'd be calling your order "exotic bird food" and not souvenirs.

BarnBuster said:

are you in USA, how much cash, did you have your IRL return address on package?

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US $125. Yes I stupidly used my return address

dhl is a private shipper. what possible basis would they have to seize cash?

It isn't an amount that triggers any fed reporting rules. the feds must have a ship hold on that seed bank.

Was it domestic or foreign?

I wouldn't worry. It's not you they are targeting. Most likely anyway. Sending cash isn't illegal. Buying seeds is questionable since the total weight would be less than a gram. But they didn't find seeds, they just found cash.

Anyone else hear of this going on?

foreign. Well I found out afterwards that dhl has a "no cash" policy. Maybe that is ehy they grabbed it but I would have thought they would have returned it by now if it was that.

what? they opened your envelope to see if there was cash in it to steal it? c'mon
answer the question, how much cash? what country to and from, and what type of smelly packaging did you use to send cash

chemphlegm said:

what? they opened your envelope to see if there was cash in it to steal it? c'mon
answer the question, how much cash? what country to and from, and what type of smelly packaging did you use to send cash

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Straight up $125 cash in a plain envelope then put into a dhl envelope going to spain. I have no idea why they would open it or what grounds they have to hold it

bastards ! post their location. never use them again, ever for anything. thats all you can do. now get to ordering locally.

but they (DHL) didn't say anything about CBP being involved? The "G" can get involved (seize money, etc) if they have reason to believe/can prove that the money is to be used for a SUA (specified unlawful activity). So, trying to buy cannabis seeds? I wouldn't think they'd bother over such a small amount but, who knows...