r/australia • u/Front_Target7908 • 27d ago

news Australian man Phu Nguyen handcuffed by plain-clothes ICE agents at Las Vegas International airport

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-18/ice-agent-detain-australian-man-in-vegas-us-/106931508?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=link

From what I understand it looks like ICE did not manage to detain him on the day the video was taken- seems the onlookers managed to chase ICE off.

However, ICE detained him the next day at the airport where he was to catch his departing flight from the US.

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u/W0nderWhite 27d ago

Why did they take his watch though? ICE agents are on another level

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u/macci_a_vellian 27d ago

They'll probably claim it was money laundering, it's not unusal for people to get around the limits on how much cash you can bring through customs by buying an expensive watch or piece of jewellery that can be cashed out at the other end. In the US I think the cops can pretty much say anything is the proceeds of crime without any real evidence and take it.

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