SOUTH TEXAS MAN ARRESTED IN FAYETTE CO. FOR MONEY LAUNDERING
(Fayette Co. Jail)
Fayette County authorities confiscated over $200,000 in cash during a traffic stop Friday.
Around noon, Fayette County Sheriff’s Investigator David Smith stopped a 2014 Ford pickup on I-10 at the 663 mile marker westbound, for a traffic violation. Smith was assisted by Sergeant Randy Thumann and his K-9 Kolt.
Upon receiving consent to search the vehicle, Smith found contraband in the spare tire of the pickup, which contained 27 wrapped bundles of cash. The total amount of cash in the spare tire was $209,524.
Officers arrested 58-year-old Silverio Gonzalez of McAllen, charged with Money Laundering. He was transported to the Dan R. Beck Justice Center.
The other occupants of the vehicle were taken to the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office to wait for family members.
Go figure, thank god for Fayette Co SO they seem to be the leaders in the war on contraband confiscation arresting these currency couriers and all out great interdiction.
I wish Washington Co would get on the band wagon but don’t see that happening.