Money laundering arrest made after $188,000 found during traffic stop on I-10 near Flatonia

By News Staff on Tuesday, June 20, 2023
  • Shown above are the bundles of cash totaling $188,000 found in a Honda Civic which led to an arrest for money laundering.
    Shown above are the bundles of cash totaling $188,000 found in a Honda Civic which led to an arrest for money laundering.
  • Guadalupe Martinez
    Guadalupe Martinez

    A money laundering arrest was made following a traffic stop on Interstate 10 near Flatonia on Tuesday, June 13, according to Fayette County Sheriff Keith Korenek.

    Sheriff Korenek reported that around 10:43 a.m., Drug Interdiction Investigator David Smith stopped a 2020 Honda Civic passenger car on I-10 westbound at the 660 mile marker for a traffic violation.

    After contact was made with the driver, …