Overview
- A Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Division trooper stopped a 2023 Freightliner after the driver bypassed the I-75 southbound weigh station, prompting a search of the truck.
- Officers found a large quantity of vacuum-sealed U.S. currency in the sleeper berth and detectives later seized about 97 kilograms (213 pounds) of processed marijuana and $346,000 in vacuum-sealed cash.
- Detectives from the Monroe Area Narcotics Team and Investigative Services conducted the full inspection and escorted the truck back to the weigh station for the more thorough search.
- The tractor-trailer is registered to a Bartlett, Tennessee company and was reported to be traveling from California to New Jersey, and the driver is lodged at the Monroe County Jail pending prosecutor review.
- Weigh stations often serve as key interception points for law enforcement, and officers say vacuum-sealed cash is a common indicator of coordinated drug-smuggling that could lead to expanded checks of commercial carriers.