Businessman detained in Mexico for undeclared cash

Reports out of Mexico City say that businessman, Hussein Nasr Harmouch, is being held in custody by Mexican federal agents. Harmouch was nabbed when he attempted to board a plane, flight number four nine nine bound for Frankfurt with Lebanon as his final destination. Harmouch was detained at the Benito Juarez International Airport in Mexico City and was found to be carrying in a briefcase fifty-seven thousand dollars in cold cash, which he did not declare,. He was accompanied by his wife and three children. According to reports, the monies were made up of five hundred and twenty-eight hundred dollar bills, fifty-one fifty dollar bills, eighty-two twenty dollar bills and one ten dollar note. Mexican authorities also took possession of the ten pieces of luggage that the Harmouchs were travelling with.

News Five has learnt that Harmouch was relocating back to his native Lebanon at the end of a two year contract in Belize as administrator of his brother’s businesses, the San Pedro Supermarket and SP Hardware.
Family members who just heard of the incident, say that Harmouch left Belize on August fourteenth.