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By James Peters

Cash Seizure

Routine traffic stop leads to $840,000 in suspected drug money seized near Kamloops

Aug 24, 2020 | 11:31 AM

KAMLOOPS — RCMP say some discrepancies on a commercial semi’s log book led to a huge cash seizure outside of Kamloops last month.

According to a news release from B.C. RCMP Traffic Services spokesman Cpl. Mike Halskov, the incident began with a routine traffic stop just after midnight on July 26, on the Trans Canada Highway east of the city.

Halskov says the officer noted discrepancies in the log book, and that the driver could not produce a bill of lading nor open the trailer.

Suspecting that the driver was moving illegal items, the officer detained the driver. A police service dog was called in and indicated the odour of drugs.

A subsequent search of the semi did not find any drugs, but did find a total of $840,565 in cash.

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The truck’s driver, a man in his 50s from Surrey, was arrested and is expected to be charged with possession of the proceeds of crime.