Millions in cash stashed in barrels of raw pork bound for Mexico, NC cops say

BY HAYLEY FOWLER
DECEMBER 10, 2019 06:03 PM

Bad driving might have busted a drug-smuggling operation.

Deputies found $3 million in cash hidden in barrels of raw pork meat on Saturday when they pulled over a tractor-trailer driving south on Interstate 85, according to the Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office in North Carolina.
“The Sheriff’s Office has reason to believe that the money was headed to the U.S./Mexico border and also believe that the money was a result of drug sales throughout the region,” according to a news release.

The driver, whom deputies described as a Hispanic man, was stopped for “failure to maintain lane control and impeding the flow of traffic,” the release states.

A K-9 alert reportedly tipped deputies off, and they moved the trailer to a “safe location” for a search.

The U.S. Department of Justice has been called in to assist in the investigation, according to the Sheriff’s Office.

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