If you\u2019re traveling out of Florida\u2019s Fort Lauderdale International Airport with a knot of cash in your carry-on luggage, you might want to hit your hoodie with a little extra Febreeze after that pre-airplane blunt. Because if you smell like weed, there\u2019s a decent chance that local authorities will try to seize your money before departure. <\/p>\n
According to a new deep dive report<\/u><\/a> from VICE<\/em>\u2019s Francisco Alvarado, Broward County sheriff\u2019s department officers stationed at Ft. Lauderdale International have repeatedly targeted departing passengers who purchased short notice tickets to California. In 16 separate cases over the past three years, police say they have smelled the odor of marijuana on passengers carrying large quantities of cash heading to California. In every instance, Broward sheriffs claimed that the cash was going to be used to purchase and transport illegal drugs, leading to them seizing the money. But the cops have made no drug trafficking arrests.<\/p>\n “I had missed my flight the day before and I had to rebook with a different airline,” Curtis Simmons, who had more than $11,000 taken from him by Broward sheriffs in June, told <\/u>VICE<\/em><\/u><\/a>. “As soon as I printed out my boarding pass, they surrounded me.”<\/p>\n Gallery \u2014 Photos of Cops Smoking Weed:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n