In something that sounds like it is straight out of Scarface, NPR reports investigators found the money stuffed in 5 gallon paint buckets that were hidden behind fake a wall that led to secret room in the home of Miami resident Luis Hernandez-Gonzalez.
The arrest affidavit reportedly shows police were tipped off about Hernandez-Gonzalez by a confidential informant who told them he was involved in an indoor marijuana growing operation. After an investigation that included the use of wire-taps on his phone lines, police say they contacted Hernandez-Gonzales at his store that sells indoor gardening equipment. Cops say he was cooperative and voluntarily allowed them to search his home where they found this:
Hernandez-Gonzalez was arrested and now faces charges related to money laundering and marijuana trafficking.