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This is What $207 Million in Cash Looks Like. Seized by the DEA in Mexico. This drug money was earned from the sale of Methamphetamines. (i.imgur.com)

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[–]dagreenman18Miracle Whip is not mayonaise, Okay? 85 points86 points ago

Hope someone sprayed for Silverfish

[–]mrkite77 7 points8 points ago

Just don't break any blocks near The End Portal..

[–]ZeusJuiceHey 1 point2 points ago

But they'll just spawn out of the spawner!

[–]snipersteve 0 points1 point ago

Thanks for the reminder, what's this "Silverfish" she's referring to?

[–]captainJmorgan 67 points68 points ago

seeing pictures like this... id make a terrible law enforcement officer.

seriously look at all that money. new car there, house there, big ass fucking boat there... i would have a hell of a time not taking any.

[–]fiziks07 49 points50 points ago

Just take a few pockets full worth and no one would ever even notice. I kind of wonder if some of these guys don't actually do that

[–]cardozaaThese are choice. 59 points60 points ago

Um... they do. Couple of my buddies went to jail and had all of their cash stolen from their wallets. Probably close to 1k between them. What are you going to do, tell other cops that some cops took your money?

[–]DemonPaladin 13 points14 points ago

There's a scene in American Gangster where all the cops are pissed at the one cop because he actually turned money he confiscated in.

[–]wallofillusion 2 points3 points ago

I read that as "all the cops piss in a cup"

[–]SawRubDING DING DING DING 1 point2 points ago

All Cops, 1 Cup?

[–]DemonPaladin 0 points1 point ago

They do that too.

[–]jeffffb -1 points0 points ago

Well if it was in a movie.... It must be true!

[–]staanje 2 points3 points ago

Would people just do that.. just lie in movies?

[–]Autocoprophage 0 points1 point ago

As it turns out, the movie is based pretty closely on a true story, and that particular part with the money being turned in is, in fact, part of the official record. Wiki that shit sucka!

[–]plasker6 30 points31 points ago

There are government auditors to monitor other government employees who might take bribes or swipe cash, as seen here. Buying a car for cash would be a giant, glowing red flag. Bank accounts are monitored.

[–]c94 42 points43 points ago

Just use the cash to buy groceries, clothes, etc

[–]Geroots 29 points30 points ago

Or buy a carwash.

[–]wakd 34 points35 points ago

Or a laser tag.

[–]YobogoyaFlynn 20 points21 points ago

NO SAUL!

[–]righteous_scout 3 points4 points ago

fuck i don't know why walter was so unreasonable

i'd buy the shit out of a laster tag place.

[–]ShinInukoMagnets: How do they work? 7 points8 points ago

Bar money. Never pay out of your own pocket for booze again (or 6 months, depending).

[–]iamayam 6 points7 points ago

$207 million would be a hell of a night!

[–]JayZStillsNashnYoung 1 point2 points ago

That's like 103 million $2 pbr tall boys!

[–]uJellie 5 points6 points ago

Or just buy small things off the books. Seriously, you could buy some used TVs or computers someone is selling on the internet with cash and no one will know.

[–]Maester_MayHg(CNO)2 0 points1 point ago

on the internet with cash

You lost me there. Thrift stores maybe, but buying anything on the internet is going to leave a trail of some sort.

[–]CamelToad88Everyone dies in this movie 12 points13 points ago

Craigslist.

[–]I_Feed_Off_Downvotes 9 points10 points ago

Bitcoins.

[–]kyerussellbitches -3 points-2 points ago

I don't see anyone trading bitcoin for cash.

[–]I_Feed_Off_Downvotes 5 points6 points ago

Well, you're just a fucking idiot, aren't you?
https://mtgox.com/
https://fastcash4bitcoins.com/
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=53.0
https://www.btcpak.com/
http://mercabit.eu/

[–]righteous_scout 2 points3 points ago

you're so innocent.

you're like a unicorn.

have you ever heard of the silk road?

[–]uJellie 3 points4 points ago

No, no, no. I didn't mean go on Amazon or Ebay, but instead go to place where people list what they want to sell and meet with them in person. There will be no record on your visit. Visit yard sales, it isn't like they keep records of anything. You find what you want, give them cash, and leave.

[–]rottenart 0 points1 point ago

You find what you want, give them cash, and leave.

It's just that easy!

[–]mandingo321 0 points1 point ago

The thing being though, if you have say $3million in cash, you're not gonna want to splurge on used tv's and computers. You're going to want to go crazy buying the best of the best.

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[–]mandalakud 2 points3 points ago

The money gets spent by police in 1 way or another. New equipment, new sport equipment for school, Chief's mega hard cocaine habit.

[–]breakingbongI'm in the EMPIRE buisness 10 points11 points ago

"mega hard"

[–]mandalakud 10 points11 points ago

Nice username. hides bong behind chair

[–]breakingbongI'm in the EMPIRE buisness 4 points5 points ago

Thanks,BITCH!

[–]KikiCVIII 2 points3 points ago

I know a guy that can launder that money pretty efficiently.

[–]mcpablo13 2 points3 points ago

I knw a guy who knws a guy.

[–]alphgeek 1 point2 points ago

...who knows a guy.

[–]EverGreenPLO 3 points4 points ago

and if you're that fucking dumb you deserve to be caught

edit:

http://imgur.com/KQOxe

[–]zissous4 0 points1 point ago

It would still be pretty easy

[–]captainJmorgan 0 points1 point ago

seriously. i looked in the article the op had, and the closet is full of cash. i mean seriously. retirement fund.

[–]ologies 0 points1 point ago

seriously.

[–]ActionistRespoke 0 points1 point ago

Happened on The Wire, so I have to believe it's real.

[–]Jymzjameson 0 points1 point ago

i think i wanna be a cop now.

[–]SolarWonk 5 points6 points ago

How then would you react as an excellent law enforcement officer, realizing that 0.5% of that stack had been put towards your medical bills, and was owned by your brother-in-law?

[–]khgoisaq 5 points6 points ago

They do. Where I live defendants kept on coming in with the same story, "they took the money" (also that they planted the drugs).

Now most Ds will say something like this, but when you hear the same name of the cop again and again you start getting suspicious. As it turns out the accused were telling the truth and a metric shit-ton of convictions had to be gone through going back 10-15 years.

[–]bann7nghat7rs 6 points7 points ago

I would've helped out the accountants and made it an even 200 mil find.

[–]Gohoyo 4 points5 points ago

Take some? In a bust that big each officer should be able to pocket like 25k, as a reward. Even with 40 officers involved that would be .5% of the cash.

[–]RadioFreeRedditReasonably 2 points3 points ago

I would feel guilty about stealing it from those that worked for it.

[–]AntiCamper -4 points-3 points ago

This makes me happy that I want to be a firefighter, I wouldn't take a dime.

[–]Z_Z_T 4 points5 points ago

There wouldn't be any to take, it'll be ashes.

[–]AntiCamper 0 points1 point ago

Heard my teacher say that he put out a fire in a millionaires house and they had to bag up 100 of thousand of dollars.

You get to a house before it all burns most of the time

[–]M1ke52Better Call Saul -5 points-4 points ago

I dont want to be a firefighter, and the very idea of taking a single dollar repulses me. I would know I've taken it, and that would stick with me forever.

[–]thebornotakuthe fly in the lab -3 points-2 points ago

I don't understand why people being honest are getting downvoted.

[–]noobitSomething scientific 0 points1 point ago

Because they're lying through their teeth

[–]bathroomstalin 1 point2 points ago

Here's a thought: Why not take some of that money? Because it's not yours.

[–]AntiCamper -1 points0 points ago

Wow. TIL redditors are scumbags.

Obviously it's not mine so why would I take any

Are you saying if you had savings in your house and it caught fire you'd want firefighters to take some of your money?

No, it's not mine. It's stealing and I don't steal regardless of the situation

[–]TtheGodfather[S] 16 points17 points ago

More pictures and story

[–]MassiveForearms 66 points67 points ago

I wonder what the $330 mil looked like before the DEA got it.

[–]Lawrence_Alexander 23 points24 points ago

These people really don't know how to quit when they're ahead.

[–]Gonzo89 23 points24 points ago

They're in the empire business man.

[–]Geroots 16 points17 points ago

You can't take Coca Cola off the market.

[–]AlphaEnder.38 Snub Nose Revolver 4 points5 points ago

Well...think about how many people they have employed. The running costs of the Cartel alone would be astounding. There's bribes, paying for mules, gun purchases, all of their staff/personnel, getting precursor, setting up labs, etc. $207 million may seem like a lot, but...well, think of it this way. An F-22 Raptor (stealth air superiority fighter jet) costs $150 million. Each. Or the income from tobacco taxes in the U.S. Let's take Kentucky, which has the highest percentage of smokers with 29%. They only pulled in $214,597,000 from taxes in 2009.

So while it may seem like a lot of money, for a crime empire that services up to 1.6 million Americans it really isn't that much on hand. Obviously this isn't all the money the Cartel has on hand, but even for a large operating cell, I doubt this is their stockpile of money. More their "on-hand" money to take care of costs of business.

[–]dicer999Fixing Good 0 points1 point ago

Cartels even have their own private encrypted mobile phone networks http://www.npr.org/2011/12/09/143442365/mexico-busts-drug-cartels-private-phone-networks

[–]534seeds 1 point2 points ago

There would probably have been people to kill them if they quit.

[–]EnnuiProfond 0 points1 point ago

Sometimes they just CAN'T.

[–]TIL_how_2_register 47 points48 points ago

Could you imagine accumulating $207 mil only to have it seized? I'd be all like http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz53edENBN1qzh1f6.gif

[–]sixpintsasecond 26 points27 points ago

What I find most funny about this is just how relatively nonchalant this gif is in relation to it. "This is bullshit, you know I'm just going to make it all back anyways."

[–]chandler608 5 points6 points ago

probably a cartel's , but they do make alot of money every day

[–]LMoE 7 points8 points ago

At this point you're only guarding a pile of paper. What's $207 Million use to you if it is just sitting there.

[–]February30th 6 points7 points ago

That is a fucking ridiculous amount of money.

[–]bitcheslovedroids 3 points4 points ago

I just wanna swim in it

[–]daylatefriend88 6 points7 points ago

Where does money like this go after it is confiscated? Is it just turned back into the governments of the bills origin and put back into circulation?

[–]white_turtleBreakfast Jnr 5 points6 points ago

In Australia it goes back to the victims of crime compensation fund. That is, if cops don't have a swipe at it first.

[–]Duramax159 3 points4 points ago

Hopefully it get's shredded. Then the value of the dollar goes up a little bit.

[–]OrphanDidgeridooIt's like false advertising or something, BITCH 6 points7 points ago

This shit makes drugs look like a good idea. Too bad none of it is legal and laundering is also illegal.

In that industry, you can't break some laws without breaking like twenty more. So you're always doomed to like 20 years.

[–]ActionistRespoke 3 points4 points ago

Not to mention working with people who might kill you.

[–]starfighter23 5 points6 points ago

and your wife.

and your son.

and your infant daughter.

[–]imsecretlybatman 10 points11 points ago

This makes me regret not paying attention in high school chemistry.

[–]sixpintsasecond 21 points22 points ago

That's why you need a partner, like your high school chemisty teacher.

[–]hypnoguy1Hates how much he loves BB 13 points14 points ago

Someone should make a show about that.

[–]sixpintsasecond 8 points9 points ago

I'd watch it.

[–]Null_Reference_ 0 points1 point ago

Nah that sounds pretty lame.

[–]fluffy402How many more people are we gonna kill? 7 points8 points ago

If you could cook meth after high school chemistry you deserve a medal.

[–]Maester_MayHg(CNO)2 21 points22 points ago

To be fair, plenty of meth heads are cooking it without high school chemistry.

[–]kyerussellbitches 5 points6 points ago

Chilli P motherfucker.

[–]SweetNeo85We've got ROT 1 point2 points ago

They're not cooking meth, they're cooking "meth".

[–]rottenart 1 point2 points ago

I believe it's called Crank.

[–]theshindig 7 points8 points ago

If only Walt lived in any other north American country. We all have colourful money. The mountain would be much easier to calculate by volume.

[–]fluffy402How many more people are we gonna kill? 5 points6 points ago

America's green money is one of the things I truly prefer over other countries. Nothing feels better than a stack of green.

[–]noobitSomething scientific 9 points10 points ago

How about fat stacks of green?

[–]kingdomofswingdom 3 points4 points ago

At mad volume?

[–]HenipahRicinus communis 0 points1 point ago

Australian $100 note is bright green. Really nice to have when the others are other pretty colours.

[–]DumbledoreMD 0 points1 point ago

It's not that green anymore, is it?

[–]brn_undr_pnchs 1 point2 points ago

The cops could all go in on it together. No one is allowed to squeal, and they all get some spending money.

[–]lol____wut 7 points8 points ago

Everyone gets 30 seconds alone with the pile.

[–]kyerussellbitches 3 points4 points ago

That's the weirdest version of soggy biscuit ever.

[–]Major_Mobius 3 points4 points ago

so walt must have had like millions of dollars right? with an M?

[–]Chairman-Meeow 1 point2 points ago

It's his cut, the whole business is probably much more valuable.

[–]The_Insurance 0 points1 point ago

Estimates people have made (using very good logic and math) generally put it between 50 and 80 million.

[–]pmonib 3 points4 points ago

So what's Walt's stack worth? About 70 mil? I came to the comments expecting something pertaining to the show, but literally every comment here pertains to the picture and not the show.

[–]ProfessorPhaggot 2 points3 points ago

Hnngggggggg....

[–]Xochitl_000 0 points1 point ago

but what happens to the money? charities,schools, what?

[–]MowwMoww 1 point2 points ago

evidence room

[–]YourAnusWillTear 0 points1 point ago

But what about after that?

[–]fluffy402How many more people are we gonna kill? 2 points3 points ago

Police department gets to buy whatever didn't fit on the budget. New SWAT vans and MP5ks for everyone!

[–]metalhead4 1 point2 points ago

I am pretty sure it stays there.

[–]Electricute 0 points1 point ago

exact picture i thought of when they showed the money and said, oh that's only a couple of million

[–]rottenart 0 points1 point ago

that's only a couple hundred million

FTFY

[–]fluffy402How many more people are we gonna kill? 0 points1 point ago

If I become rich one day, I'm keeping my money like that in a safe in my house.

[–]BobilipThis candy tastes funny. 1 point2 points ago

What happens to drug money when it's seized?

[–]zissous4 1 point2 points ago

dang ol' ton a cash man

[–]deezle 0 points1 point ago

..within the United States of America.

[–]DuzamanIcarus 1 point2 points ago

"We need to expand." -Walter White

[–]OnAGoatKeys, scumbag! 0 points1 point ago

exponential growth, yo!

[–]slackX 0 points1 point ago

looks like a very expensive bed to me.

[–]TrevDoggeh 0 points1 point ago

Oh my god...i just want to dive in

[–]TracyMorganFreeman 1 point2 points ago

This makes me think of the pile of money the Joker set on fire.

There were billions there. With a "b".

[–]tf15 0 points1 point ago

So a safe estimate may be that Walt accumulated close to 100 million, which is roughly supported by another post, I believe.

[–]MrDoubleE 1 point2 points ago

Can't even count it...

[–]gh0stwriter 1 point2 points ago

DEA didn't seized that, it was the PGR (Mexico's attorney general) and its not from methamphetamine, it's from pseudoephedrine.

[–]treerexTwaüghtHammër 0 points1 point ago

Correct. The PGR release supports this:

From http://www.pgr.gob.mx/cmsocial/bol07/mar/b11007.htm

Information was provided by the DEA, but they did not conduct the raid:

http://web.archive.org/web/20070609032530/http://mexico.usembassy.gov/mexico/ep070320seizure.html

Also, $205.6 million, not $207 million.

[–]BrokenScience 0 points1 point ago

Well, that's unusual, isn't it? That kind of cash?

[–]Jim777PS3 1 point2 points ago

I recall a story about a drug lord who had a serious issue. He stored all of his money in a warehouse and rats would get in and nibble at it. The guy lost thousands every day because of rats eating his money.

First world problems

[–]rottenart 0 points1 point ago

iPrimo Mundo Problemas!

[–]porkchop313Tight tight tight! 0 points1 point ago

I want to take a nap on it.

[–]Ladarzak 0 points1 point ago

Well, clearly they are better at piling up money than Skyler. I mean, seriously, could you just throw it in the middle of the room like she did and not separate out the denominations and then keep count of the bundles? Well, I couldn't resist doing that.

[–]alphalazHeisenburger -1 points0 points ago

By only taking those pesos you could have a nice time in this side of the border. Also, I was about to post this on monday morning... But Im lazy.

[–]fractals_ -1 points0 points ago

It's "methamphetamine," not "methamphetamines."

[–]Efferat -2 points-1 points ago

Damnit why wasnt there a spoiler alert on this Br Ba post!!

[–]isdnpro 2 points3 points ago

If you browse /r/breakingbad without being up to date, you're gonna have a bad time.

[–]Allegory_Esq -3 points-2 points ago

They say thats 207 million... Ive heard people say that is more and that all of it didn't make it into evidence

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[–]shadybrainfarmLow-Density Polyethylene 5 points6 points ago

95% of that is america money.

[–]Just_aksme 0 points1 point ago

Well damn. Now I regret going to med school

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