More than $600,000 was found on Interstate 40.
AMARILLO, TEXAS -- Troopers found more than $600,000 in cash Saturday evening as part of a traffic stop on Interstate 40.
According to a release, a search was granted for the vehicle, originally stopped for a traffic violation, just six miles east of Amarillo. The search yielded $641,440. It was found in the trunk of the vehicle inside two duffle bags.
Police say the money was being transported from Birmingham, Ala., to Los Angeles, Calif. The driver, Glen Berg, 21 of Van Nuys, Calif., and passenger Akob Petrosyan, 30, of Glendale, Calif., were both booked into the Carson County Jail for money laundering.
