Millions in cash stashed in barrels of raw pork bound for Mexico, NC cops say
Story Date: 12/11/2019

 

Source: Hayley Fowler, NEWS & OBSERVER, 12/10/19


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.

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