Overview
- Customs uncovered the cash on 10 February during a routine check on an international train between Dresden and Bad Schandau bound for Prague.
- Officers counted €105,325 after finding money stashed in two bags in a backpack as well as in an inner jacket pocket and a trouser pocket.
- The traveler is a 31-year-old Dutch national who initially declared he was carrying no restricted goods.
- He said the money was for buying two cars in the Czech Republic but could not provide models or prices and gave conflicting accounts of its origin, including bank funds and transfers from friends in Vietnam.
- Authorities secured the entire sum as they determine next steps under EU cash-control rules during the ongoing administrative review.