Story here. And picked up by the LA Times here.
I’m sure they’re fake, but it still begs the question: what were the two men planning to do with such a large amount of high-quality fake bonds? And who made the fakes in the first place? (I’m assuming forging bonds, at least forgeries worth getting detained over, can’t be done by one guy and a fancy printer. Pardon my ignorance if this isn’t the case.)
This immediately reminded me of the story a few years back about Don Johnson (yes, the Miami Vice Don Johnson) being stopped at a border crossing with more than 8 Billion dollars worth of securities. But I see the OPs linked story mentions that.