MIAMI LAKES, Fla. - A raid of the home of a suspected Miami-Dade drug trafficker turned up a whopping $24 million in cash, all sealed in buckets.
Tuesday's bust also turned up several packages of steroids and a high-powered automatic weapon.
Based on information from the Drug Enforcement Agency, the Miami-Dade Police Narcotics Bureau raided the Miami Lakes home of Luis Hernandez-Gonzalez and Salma Hernandez.
During the raid, authorities found the buckets concealed within the walls of the home. The money was grouped in bundles of $100 bills.
Hernandez-Gonzalez, 44, is the owner of Blossom Experience, a Miami store that specializes in equipment to facilitate indoor gardening.
Hernandez-Gonzalez was being investigated as part of a group trafficking marijuana out of Tennessee. The investigation includes wiretaps of Hernandez-Gonzalez sharing tips with an unamed person on how to properly care for marijuana plants.
"It was like a movie," Richard Gonzalez, who works across the street, said.
There was that bust in Mexico years ago where they had over $200M in cash in their bedroom. If you google it, you can see pictures of what over $200M in cash looks like
With that kind of scorecard you're in too deep. You're so high on the ladder that quitting would be a liability to the rest of the players - you know too much. There is no retirement until the Feds punch your ticket or you're in the ground.
