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Revelstoke RCMP seize $1.9 million cash after stopping erratic driver

Revelstoke RCMP seize $1.9 million cash after stopping erratic driver | iNFOnews.ca
Police charged a man and a woman following a police chase of a stolen vehicle through South Okanagan backroads last week. Steve Arstad

REVELSTOKE, B.C. – A complaint of an erratic driver on Highway 1 east of Revelstoke resulted in a $1.9-million cash seizure by RCMP.

Police say they stopped a vehicle from eastern Canada, with two men inside, on Sept. 8.

Both men were detained and then arrested for possession of property obtained by crime.

Officers say a subsequent search with help from a police-service dog uncovered the $1.9 million in cash.

The men, who police say are both from eastern Canada, were released on their own recognizance with a future court date.

Police say it's a reminder to motorists that they all have a role to play because someone alerted police to the way the vehicle was being driven and RCMP acted on that information.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 19, 2019.

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Howard Alexander

Assistant Editor Howard Alexander comes to iNFOnews.ca from the broadcasting side of the media business.

Howard has been a reporter, news anchor, talk show host and news director, first in Saskatchewan and then the Okanagan.

He moved his family to Vernon in the 90s and is proud to call the Okanagan home.

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