The incident happened during the early hours of Tuesday morning near the border town of Caia, between Elvas and Badajoz.


Suspicious of the Portuguese-registered car the Spanish Guardia Civil stopped it and inspected it and found the cash stashed inside a bag and a suitcase.


The driver said he had made the money through business in Madrid and was taking it to Lisbon.


The cash was eventually seized on the grounds the man did not have the necessary paperwork to take such a large amount out of the country.