Police seize 2.2 million euros hidden in suitcase on bus in Toulouse

The police of Toulouse carried out an exceptional catch on Tuesday: 2.2 million euros hidden in a suitcase on a bus. Two Venezuelan nationals were arrested at the bus station in this operation where BAC police officers did not randomly check, iThey knew who they were looking for and what they were looking for.

The Venezuelan couple had been rocked. They had left by bus from Paris to Barcelona and at the Toulouse stage, the police arrested them. The 35-year-old man and 24-year-old woman showed no resistance, iThey even named their suitcase. The only real surprise was the amount of the hoard: 2.2 million euros in small denominations neatly stored in packages carefully covered with food packaging to make them less noticeable by police dogs.

The two South Americans are in police custody, and the Toulouse prosecutor’s office has opened an investigation. Most likely, is that it would be payment for the purchase of narcotics. The couriers had surely planned to take a plane from Spain to a Latin American country to hand over this sum to a trafficker who must now record it as a liability.

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