A MAN faces charges after Chicago police seized more than $US5 million ($6 million) in cash and 22lbs (10kg) of heroin worth $US1.5 million at a home in the Windy City.
The drug seizure is the largest haul of heroin recovered in the area this year, the commander of the Chicago police narcotics section, Jim O’Grady, said at a press conference.
Chicago Police stopped a man who was leaving the home, which had been under surveillance, and then police searched the residence and garage in Chicago’s northwest on Friday, The Chicago Tribune said.
The cash and drugs were displayed by police today, with the money wrapped in heat-sealed plastic bags secured by duct tape – reportedly a common method employed by drug traffickers for transferring cash out of the country.
A Roosevelt University study released early last week indicated that the heroin problem had gotten worse in the Chicago-area over the last decade and may be among the nation’s worst.
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