PHILADELPHIA, USA (AP) The money might not have been dirty but a man trying to get more than US$10,000 to Jamaica decided to use soap anyway.

Customs officials say they seized the money from a man trying to fly from Philadelphia to Jamaica on Saturday after discovering cash stuffed into boxes of Irish Spring soap.

Customs and Border Protection officials say the man told officers he had US$3,000 on him but a search revealed a total of US$11,343 concealed on his person and in envelopes and soap boxes in his luggage. International travellers must declare amounts exceeding US$10,000. Officials did not release the man's name.