[Arakai]

Suspects leave trail of cash during freeway chase

SAN DIEGO – Two narcotics suspects have been arrested after leading police on a wild chase, tossing out more than $17,000 in cash out of their truck's windows as motorists stopped freeway traffic to grab the bills.

The pursuit began Thursday afternoon when police and federal drug agents followed two men who drove off in a pickup truck, Drug Enforcement Administration spokeswoman Eileen Zeidler said.

The driver took officers on a circuitous route over several streets and freeways, eventually getting onto Interstate 5 at the height of rush hour. On the busy freeway, the suspects flung mostly $20 and $100 bills out of the truck's windows before surrendering to authorities.

As the cash blew across lanes, motorists slammed their brakes in the middle of the road and scrambled to pick up the bills, police Sgt. Kevin Rausis said.

"We saw people stopped on the freeway and running around," he said.

Officers following the money trail collected more than $17,200 and some passers-by later turned in cash to police.

"The way the money was being disposed of, I think it was more of a desperate measure to get rid of evidence," Rausis said.

Zeidler called the case "a significant drug investigation."

source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090320/.../trail_of_cash

[maox2]

Wow.. Free money.. if only i was there.. Lol..

[chowychow]

Lol they risk their lives to just get some dollar notes like how much can they collect

[amktsy]

those honest ones who return back,are honest.
i don't think therre is purpose keeping them as they are not so much.

[Jodar]

Originally Posted by amktsy

those honest ones who return back,are honest.
i don't think therre is purpose keeping them as they are not so much.

Yes they are honest for returning the money. But saying "they are not so much" isn't right. :\ The country where this occurred is the United States. $20 US dollars and $100 US dollars can buy a number of things. In this bad economy, many people in the US are retrenched. If you're retrenched, every cent matters. Every cent is 'worth very much'.

[chowychow]

Originally Posted by Jodar

Yes they are honest for returning the money. But saying "they are not so much" isn't right. :\ The country where this occurred is the United States. $20 US dollars and $100 US dollars can buy a number of things. In this bad economy, many people in the US are retrenched. If you're retrenched, every cent matters. Every cent is 'worth very much'.

Yea but you endanger your live and others by picking up the notes is not right?

[Jodar]

Originally Posted by chowychow

Yea but you endanger your live and others by picking up the notes is not right?

Huh? You speak as tho I supported them picking up the money.