B.C. mushroom picker loses bid to get back $10k seized at Pearson Airport | Daily Brew - Yahoo! News Canada

B.C. mushroom picker loses bid to get back $10k seized at Pearson Airport | Daily Brew - Yahoo! News Canada

I can't decide whether or not I feel sorry for B.C. resident Robert Docherty, who had more than $10,000 in cash seized by Canadian customs officers at Toronto's Pearson International Airport.

Under Canada's Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act, the Maple Ridge wild-mushroom picker was entitled to carry carry $10,000, and not a dollar more, out of the country without declaring it.

According to the National Post, Docherty was boarding a flight to Costa Rica in November 2010 when a dog trained to sniff out money (they have those?) found Docherty's stash of cash.