FAYETTE COUNTY — Fayette County Sheriff Keith Korenek reported that on Feb.1, around 9:19 p.m., Deputy Cody Williams conducted a traffic stop on a 2016 Jeep Patriot for a traffic violation on Interstate-10, westbound, around the 658 mile marker.
Williams met with the driver, Faliciano Martinez Fernandez, 49, of San Benito.
Fernandez consented to a search of the vehicle, and Williams located a concealed exhaust compartment. After entry was made into the compartment, Williams located wrapped bundles of US currency.
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