Our silly American close mindedness. I sat here for 5 - 10 minutes thinking about how or why this dude lost 300 pounds of weight because his watches were confiscated. Was he depressed and didn't eat? Was he afraid someone was going to come after him, so he got in shape so he could fight or run away? Was he smuggling 15 x 20 pound watches = 300 pounds going through UK customs? Did he lose the weight so he could put on a fat suit and then hide watches inside it?
All these things running through my head and not once did I think of currency. Maybe if there weren't so many americans that could stand to lose 300 pounds it would have come a lot easier.