Eagle Pass Police Department Crime Report

On Monday, May 4, 2015, at approximately 6:24pm, an officer assigned to the Eagle Pass Police Department Patrol Division conducted a traffic stop at Highway 57 with a white 2014 Dodge pickup truck towing a second vehicle for a traffic violation.

Upon speaking with the driver and the owner of the vehicle consent was obtained to inspect the vehicle. An Eagle Pass Police Department K-9 was deployed within the 2014 Dodge pickup which alerted to the center console area of the truck. A package was located concealed within the center console and retrieved by officers.

Upon further investigation the package was revealed to contain U.S. currency. The driver and the owner were detained for further investigation and the package upon being exposed was found to contain a total of $48,000 dollars in U.S. currency.

The driver identified as 34 year old Sergio Daniel Cantu was presented before a magistrate and formally charged with money laundering and issued a $40,000 bond and transferred to the Tom Bowels Detention Center in lieu of said bond.

The case continues under investigation.