SHELBY, NC (FOX Carolina) – The Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office said their deputies seized $3 million in cash hidden inside a tractor trailer they pulled over on the side of I-85.
The bust happened on December 7.
Deputies said the tractor trailer was headed south on I-85 when deputies pulled it over.
The cash was found hidden inside barrels that were supposed to contain raw pork shoulders.
$3M seized (Source: CCSO)
$3M seized (Source: CCSO)
“The Sheriff’s Office has reason to believe that the money was headed to the US/Mexican border and also believe that the money was a result of drug sales throughout the region,” the agency said in a news release.
Federal authorities are also investigating.
The sheriff’s office said no additional details would be released at this time.
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