Iredell County Sheriff Darren Campbell says that during the third week of May 2024,the Iredell County Sheriff’s Office Interstate Criminal Enforcement (ICE) Team seized over 420,000.00 dollars in illicit United States Currency.
On Wednesday, May 22, 2024, Iredell County Sheriff’s Office Interstate Criminal Enforcement Deputies conducted traffic stops involving three Chinese nationals and discovered each of them to be in possession of a large amount of cash.
When questioned by the deputies about the money, each occupant denied knowing how the money got there, and no one claimed ownership of the currency. As the investigation continued, Iredell County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Investigators questioned the men, and later, Special Agents with the United States Department of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) were called to further the investigations. This investigation is currently ongoing.
During the investigations into the origin of the money, it was confirmed that the money located inside the vehicles was, in fact, proceeds of illegal narcotics crimes and other criminal activity within the United States.