Your civil asset forfeiture story of the day: West Virginia state trooper seizes $10K in cash from a couple on their way to a casino, issues nothing but a traffic ticket. After the newspaper called, the police suddenly decided to give it all backhttps://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/cops_and_courts/wv-state-police-seize-k-from-couple-without-charging-them/article_c46b9831-1c05-5ed0-b1b2-7b31c2654120.html …
Precisely. It is legal to carry that much cash. It might not be wise because of the possibility of loss or theft, bug the risk of theft shouldn't come from the police. This was a legal shakedown, nothing more.