November 14, 2017
By Paragon News Director Paul Joseph –
Texas Troopers have made a money laundering arrest.
Usually a result of an illegal drug transaction, Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) seized more than $350,000 in cash recently after a Texas Highway Patrol Trooper stopped a vehicle in Carson County.
In the mid afternoon on November 3, a DPS Trooper stopped a 2017 Dodge Caravan traveling west on I-40 near Conway, for a traffic violation. The Trooper then discovered multiple vacuum-sealed packages of cash inside a duffel bag in the rear cargo area and inside the driver’s purse.
The driver – 52-year-old Jaqueline Toronguea, of Indianapolis – was arrested and charged with money laundering. Toronguea was transported and booked into the Carson County jail.
The cash was allegedly being transported from Indianapolis, to Fresno, California.
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