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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska sheriff says deputies have seized nearly $560,000 in suspected drug money in recent traffic stops.
The Lincoln Journal Star reports (http://bit.ly/1zMZEB8 ) that the money was confiscated in three separate stops in Lancaster County.
The biggest bust came on Saturday, when a deputy stopped 31-year-old Matthew S. Crothers of Palos Heights, Illinois, and 50-year-old Jeffrey A. Larkin of Orland Park, Illinois. Authorities say a search of their pickup yielded nearly $439,000 in a spare tire and a small amount of marijuana.
Deputies also seized nearly $54,000 in a Sunday stop, and arrested 33-year-old Wing Lun Lau of Minneapolis.
On Friday, they confiscated $67,000. The sheriff says deputies arrested 21-year-old James Milton Atkinson of Mankato, Minnesota, and 22-year-old Erik Joseph Felsheim of Waseca, Minnesota.
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