$500K Found Concealed In Truck

DPS K-9 Alerts Officers To False Compartments

POSTED: 1:26 pm MST August 25, 2009
UPDATED: 4:27 pm MST August 25, 2009

ANTHEM, Ariz. -- An Arizona Department of Public Safety officer who stopped a commercial vehicle for equipment violations on Interstate 17 near Anthem on Monday found $548,000 in cash concealed in several false compartments, DPS investigators said.

During a search of the truck and flat bed trailer, a DPS K-9 alerted the officer to the front of the load.

The officer ordered the truck driven to an Arizona Department of Transportation maintenance yard and with the help of several ADOT employees, the trailer was off-loaded. Investigators said they uncovered several false compartments.

A search revealed three duffle bags with a total of 12 bundles of U.S. currency.

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