270,000 found in spare tire during traffic stop

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- Tennessee drug enforcement agents found more than spare change when they cut into a spare tire.

Drug Task Force agent Mike Hall is quoted by the Chattanooga Times Free Press as saying agents found $271,020 hidden in the spare in Albino Lara's car after stopping it for an improper lane change Tuesday.

Hall said Lara let agents search the vehicle after he was pulled over on Interstate 75 in Bradley County.

He said Lara denied the money was his and said he didn't know how it got into his tire.

Lara was held for Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents for violation of immigration laws.
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