article_snippet: A man was caught trying to smuggle more than $770,000 out of the U.S. in cash hidden in boxes of drug store products, officials said.
article_snippet: A man is now in jail charged with 'bulk cash smuggling', but police sources told the New York Post there was no indication the money was meant for terrorist groups.
article_snippet: Loadsamoney: Packs of common drug store products and even a pair of trainers were used to conceal more than $770,000 which Abdulkarim Altareb was caught with as A man tried to board a flight to Qatar on Sunday .
article_snippet: Not so clean getaway: Packs of Dove soap were used to conceal wads of crisp dollar notes in Altareb's luggage.
article_snippet: Inside the suspicions of U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers who then decided to search his luggage found boxes of soap, Band-Aids, Thera-flu, Splenda and Alka-Seltzer, all stuffed with thick rolls of $100 and $50 bills. '
article_snippet: Cash was also hidden in soles of shoes, and in the lining of a jacket inside of one of the checked bags,' a court filing said.
article_snippet: the criminal complaint added: 'The defendant also said, in sum and substance, that some of the money was The defendant money, and some of the money belonged to The defendant family, and that The defendant has a big family.'
highlights_snippet: Customs agents found wads of crisp banknotes hidden in his luggage .
  
highlights_snippet: his is in jail charged with 'bulk cash smuggling' after a court appearance .
  