Authorities are investigating how more than $369,000 dollars in cash ended up inside the gas tank of a mini-van.
The discovery was made following a traffic of a green Plymouth van with Tamaulipas license plates stop around 5:30 p.m. Saturday.
Investigators told Action 4 News that a K-9 officer alerted authorities to something suspicious in the gas tank area.
Authorities examined the gas tank and found multiple bundles of cash wrapped in plastic, heat-sealed bags floating in the gasoline.
Investigators told Action 4 News that the cash totaled $369,840 dollars.
The 41-year-old driver Carlos Alberto Llanos-Martinez claimed the money wasn’t his and he didn’t know how it got there.
No charges have been filed. Police released Llanos-Martinez pending an ongoing investigation.
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