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Authorities find $54k hidden inside tortilla dough

By FOX 10 Web Staff
Published  March 27, 2017 1:45pm CDT
U.S.
FOX 32 Chicago
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Photo: U.S. Customs and Border Protection

SAN LUIS, Ariz. (KSAZ) - Border Patrol says they arrested a man and found $54,000 hidden inside tortilla dough at the Port of San Luis.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection says the 54-year-old Mexican man was arrested after the cash was found hidden inside the tortilla dough in an ice chest in the back of his van.

In total, two packages of $54,000 were found inside multiple bags of tortilla dough.

The suspect and vehicle were turned over to U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations.