Posted
2/20/2006 05:16:00 PM
by Douglas
Who knows what led up to the probable cause that allowed DPS to search this stucco machine, but one thing is for sure. These guys are never going to get their
$80,000 back.
Two California men could face money laundering charges after authorities found more than $80,000 stashed in a stucco machine they were towing Monday, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.
Troopers stopped a 2006 Ford F-150 pickup on a traffic violation along Interstate 40 about noon Monday, reports show.
The driver gave troopers permission to search the truck. Troopers found the money after a DPS narcotics dog alerted to something while sniffing a compartment on the stucco machine, Trooper Daniel Hawthorne said.
You never hear about
why these weekly seizures are initiated along I-40, but the police have an uncanny ability to pull over the right vehicle and initiate a search. Kinda makes you wonder.
He's a great experiment for someone that has some connections at the ACLU: Drive around the country's interstate highways with $10,000 in cash, new bills, the ones with the magnetic strips in them, and see how quickly local law enforcement deems your cash "drug money." I'd try it myself, but I don't want to lose 10 grand.