🚨 If a Cop Asks "How Much Cash Is in the Car?" — Say THIS (They Can Take It Without Charging You)
Oliver Bennett
62,168 views
There is a question police ask that sounds like nothing at all. "How much cash have you got on you?"
Not drugs. Not a weapon. Cash — your own money, earned and carried legally, because carrying cash is not an offence in this country in any amount.
Answer it the way a decent, honest person naturally answers it, and they can seize every note you are carrying and keep it — without ever charging you with a crime. Almost nobody in Britain knows this power exists until it is used on them.
📋 WHAT THIS VIDEO COVERS
— The actual wording of s.294 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002: seizure on "reasonable grounds for suspecting", which is a long way below proof
— The threshold that will surprise you — it is £1,000, and it was LOWERED from £5,000 in 2006
— Why the proceedings run against your money rather than against you, and what that costs you: your cash is not presumed innocent and it does not get a solicitor
— The three answers that hand your money over: answering, consenting to the search, and explaining yourself at the roadside
— The three sentences that protect you instead, and the hard limits on them
— What to do while the money is being taken: the name, the number, the power, the receipt, and saying the amount out loud on the body-worn camera
— The clocks: 48 hours with no court, then six months at a time, up to two years
— The route where NO court is involved at all — and the 30-day objection window that quietly ends most people's claim
🔎 SOURCES
Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 s.294 (seizure), s.295 (detention), s.298 (forfeiture), s.297A and s.297B (forfeiture notice and the objection period), and the Minimum Amount Order 2006 for the £1,000 figure. Every section is on screen as I read it, from legislation.gov.uk.
⚠️ THE PART TO REMEMBER
A senior officer can give a forfeiture notice with no court involved. The period for objecting must be at least 30 days from the day after the notice is given, and the cash is forfeited unless an objection is received in that window. An objection posted late is worth exactly nothing.
If a notice arrives: open it the day it comes, and take it to a solicitor that week — not that month.
FREE HELP FIRST. Citizens Advice and the duty solicitor scheme are free starting points, and legal aid may be available depending on your means. Always the free route before anybody paid.
📘 Make Them Pay — every script on this channel in one place: the traffic stop, the door knock, the pat-down, and the questions that sound friendly and are not. Plain English, big type, on your phone or in the glove box: https://knowrightsuk.gumroad.com/l/ma...
This is general education about the law in England and Wales, not legal advice about your situation. The rules differ in Scotland, and your own circumstances need a solicitor who can see them.
Has this ever happened to you, or to somebody you know? Type the county, nothing else.
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15 Comments
Just over £6,000
After telling me he was taking it I asked him a question "Do you like Camping or Hospital food".
Police "Are you threatening me"?
Me "No. Just asking a random question, much like yourself
Police......he went quiet then said " Do you mind if I search you and your vehicle"?
Me "YES".
Police "Turn around and place you hands on your head".
Me "Why?"
Police "So I can search you".
ME "Do you not understand English? You asked if I mind. I answered YES, as in yes I do mind.
So far you have failed to give an explanation of WHY you are trying to take my money.
Also whether you have a uniform on or not in my view and this is attempted theft and seeing as you have a weapon in your hands that is Classed as "Armed robbery".
"Before this gets escalated any further officer. This whole incident has been and still is being recorded both audio and visual and transmitted to my legal representatives servers, they have the suffix of QC. How do you wish to proceed"?
One month later I received an official apology.
What really got me about this was HOW he knew I had over £6,000 on my person because I never mentioned the amount when asked just YES I do have cash on me.
P.S. Don't answer NO I don't have cash on me or you'll leave yourself open to a charge of Vagrancy.
This is very rarely Enforced because people have Credit cards which also counts as Cash/legal currency.
They can stick their laws thank you
I will use self defense from hear on in
Tis like paying for a crime that you've not been convicted off
Sodding Dirt
🚨 If a Cop Asks "How Much Cash Is in the Car?" — Say THIS (They Can Take It Without Charging You)
Oliver Bennett
62,168 views
There is a question police ask that sounds like nothing at all. "How much cash have you got on you?"
Not drugs. Not a weapon. Cash — your own money, earned and carried legally, because carrying cash is not an offence in this country in any amount.
Answer it the way a decent, honest person naturally answers it, and they can seize every note you are carrying and keep it — without ever charging you with a crime. Almost nobody in Britain knows this power exists until it is used on them.
📋 WHAT THIS VIDEO COVERS
— The actual wording of s.294 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002: seizure on "reasonable grounds for suspecting", which is a long way below proof
— The threshold that will surprise you — it is £1,000, and it was LOWERED from £5,000 in 2006
— Why the proceedings run against your money rather than against you, and what that costs you: your cash is not presumed innocent and it does not get a solicitor
— The three answers that hand your money over: answering, consenting to the search, and explaining yourself at the roadside
— The three sentences that protect you instead, and the hard limits on them
— What to do while the money is being taken: the name, the number, the power, the receipt, and saying the amount out loud on the body-worn camera
— The clocks: 48 hours with no court, then six months at a time, up to two years
— The route where NO court is involved at all — and the 30-day objection window that quietly ends most people's claim
🔎 SOURCES
Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 s.294 (seizure), s.295 (detention), s.298 (forfeiture), s.297A and s.297B (forfeiture notice and the objection period), and the Minimum Amount Order 2006 for the £1,000 figure. Every section is on screen as I read it, from legislation.gov.uk.
⚠️ THE PART TO REMEMBER
A senior officer can give a forfeiture notice with no court involved. The period for objecting must be at least 30 days from the day after the notice is given, and the cash is forfeited unless an objection is received in that window. An objection posted late is worth exactly nothing.
If a notice arrives: open it the day it comes, and take it to a solicitor that week — not that month.
FREE HELP FIRST. Citizens Advice and the duty solicitor scheme are free starting points, and legal aid may be available depending on your means. Always the free route before anybody paid.
📘 Make Them Pay — every script on this channel in one place: the traffic stop, the door knock, the pat-down, and the questions that sound friendly and are not. Plain English, big type, on your phone or in the glove box: https://knowrightsuk.gumroad.com/l/ma...
This is general education about the law in England and Wales, not legal advice about your situation. The rules differ in Scotland, and your own circumstances need a solicitor who can see them.
Has this ever happened to you, or to somebody you know? Type the county, nothing else.
#ukpolice #knowyourrights #policestop #ukLaw #civilliberties