FDOT Seizes $813,224 IN US Currency
Colonel David Dees, Director of the Florida Department of
Transportation’s (FDOT) Motor Carrier Compliance Office and Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Miami Field Division, announce the seizure of $813,224.00 in US currency.
On Thursday, September 18, the money was discovered during a commercial vehicle safety inspection of a tractor-trailer at the weigh-in-motion station on I-10 in Madison County by a FDOT Officer assigned to the DEA Tallahassee Task Force.
Pursuant to a search of the tractor-trailer, three boxes were discovered in the passenger side storage box under the sleeper compartment. A Madison County Sheriff’s Office narcotics’ detector dog positively alerted to the odor of illegal drugs on the currency.
Madison County Sheriff’s Deputy Jason Whitfield assisted with the seizure and arrest.
This investigation remains ongoing by the DEA Tallahassee Task Force, comprised of Florida Department of Transportation, Office of Agricultural Law Enforcement, Florida Highway Patrol and Tallahassee Police Department.