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Traffic Stop Nets $11 Million Cash!
Posted by FoM on April 15, 1999 at 06:18:33 PT
Source: SF Gate
ABILENE, Texas A routine traffic stop turned up $11 million in suspected drug money, police said. Officer R.L. Stiltner ordered a tractor-trailer to pull over for traffic violations on Interstate 20 west of Abilene, according to a criminal complaint filed Wednesday in federal court. 
While searching the truck Tuesday afternoon, Stiltner found 11 cardboard boxes crammed with bills in denominations ranging from $1 to $100, the complaint said. ``I don't know what emotion to use to describe it,'' said prosecutor James Eidson. ``You're standing there thinking you can't believe there's that much money in one spot. It was a remarkable event.'' Pedro Flores has been charged with conspiracy to possess and distribute more than 1,000 kilograms of marijuana. If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of life in prison and a $4 million fine. Flores said he had transported 1,000 pounds of marijuana from El Paso to Chicago seven times, returning to Texas each time with ``illicit cash,'' according to court papers. 
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Comment #1 posted by Zach Lewis on April 17, 1999 at 07:16:31 PT:
How do you get a THOUSAND pounds of Marijuan over?
A thousand pounds is a lot of ganja, what kind of car was this man driving?
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