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September 4, 2010

Police seize $1M in truck stop

Kennebec Journal Staff

YORK -- A routine truck stop by Maine State Police resulted in an arrest and the seizure of more than $1 million Friday.

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Maine State Police seized $1 million in a traffic stop in I-95 in York on Friday, Sept. 3, 2010.

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The stop, which took place Interstate-95 South in York involved a tractor-trailer registered in Texas, state police said in a news release. The driver, Jose Javier Perez, 46, and passenger, Jhon Rivera-Ramirez, 35, were detained. The two were found to be in possession of false logs, for which Javier Perez was arrested. A subsequent search of the trailer yielded a cash cache of more than $1 million.

"In recent years, the smuggling of bulk currency has become the preferred method for criminals to move illicit proceeds across our borders," state police said in a news release.

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