On yesterday's date at approximately 7:30 PM, Indiana State Police K-9 Handler, Trooper Nathan Abbott, stopped a 2008 Chevrolet at the Seven Mile Marker on Interstate 65 Southbound. The vehicle was stopped for a speeding violation. As Trooper Abbott spoke to the driver and the passenger in the vehicle something just did not seem right. He retrieved his K-9 "Kilo" from his police car and walked "Kilo" around the stopped vehicle. When he did this, "Kilo" alerted for possible narcotics in the vehicle.

The vehicle was searched and troopers located $30,000.00 in U. S. Currency bundled together by rubber bands. The denominations ranged from One Dollar Bills to One Hundred Dollar Bills. After locating the money, "Kilo" sniffed the bundled currency. "Kilo" alerted on the currency. This alert tells police that some or all of the monies sniffed had possibly been in recent close quarters with narcotics.

During the course of the vehicle stop troopers developed probable cause to believe the currency had been possibly used in the purchase and/or sale of narcotics. The currency was seized and forfeiture proceedings are pending.

Both occupants of the vehicle were released. Due to the pending investigation the names of the occupants will not be released.  

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