BUNDLES OF CASH FOUND IN I-10 VEHICLE LAST WEEK

  

Over $21,000 in cash was seized from a vehicle on Interstate 10 last week.

Fayette County Sheriff Keith Korenek reports that Thursday afternoon at 1:00 PM, Sgt. Randy Thumann and his K9 partner Lobos conducted a traffic stop on a 2014 Chevy Sonic for a traffic violation.  Thumann observed several indicators of either drug or money trafficking and asked for consent to search the vehicle.  He located a plastic bag containing a new comforter and bundles of cash totaling $21,575.  Thumann deployed his K9 partner Lobos who alerted on the bundles of cash for the order of illegal narcotics.  Arrested was Karim Tare Martinez-Hernandez of Monterrey, Mexico for money laundering.  He was transported to the Fayette County Jail.