>> CALVIN: OFF THE TOP TONIGHT,
A DRUG BEST NETTING A JAW
DROPPING 24 MILLION DOLLARS IN
CASH ALONG WITH WHAT YOU MIGHT
EXPECT, DRUGS AND WEAPONS.
BUT IT WAS THE MASSIVE CASH
STASH THAT HAS EVERYONE TALKING
TONIGHT.
>> LAURIE: WE'RE TALKING STACKS
OF HUNDRED DOLLAR BILLS, ALL OF
IT SEALED IN BUCKETS.
LOCAL 10 NEWS REPORTER ANDREW
PEREZ LIVE IN NORTHWEST
MIAMI-DADE WITH OUR TOP STORY
AT 11.
>> REPORTER: QUITE A LOT OF
CASH HERE, GUYS.
AT LAST CHECK AUTHORITIES WERE
STILL COUNTING ALL OF THAT
MONEY.
THEN THEY'LL HAVE TO DOUBLE
CHECK IT AND TRIPLE CHECK IT.
WE KNOW A BROTHER ANSISTER
WAS ULTIMATELY ARRESTED AND IT
DOESN'T LOOK GOOD FROM THERE.
THIS IS WHAT 24 MILLION DOLLARS
IN CASH LOOKS LIKE.
IT WAS FOUND DURING THE RAID AT
THIS HOME IN MIAMI LAKES.
THE CASH WAS BEHIND THE WALL
PACKED IN ORANGE 5 GALLON
BUCKETS.
HUNDREDS OF HUNDRED DOLLAR
BILLS.
IT'S THE LARGEST CASH SEIZURE
IN MIAMI-DADE HISTORY.
>> I WOULD NEVER HAVE EVER
THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING
THAT WAS GOING ON IN THIS
NEIGHBORHOOD.
>> IT BELONGS TO LUIZ GONZALEZ
WHO ALSO OWNS A BUSINESS.
>> THE COPS CAME AND RAIDED THE
BUSINESS.
>> AUTHORITIES STORMING IT IN
NORTHWEST MIAMI-DADE CALLED THE
BLOSSOM EXPERIENCE.
IT CATERS TO GARDENERS OFFERING
HYDROPONIC SET UPS, LIGHTS AND
FANS.
SURVEILLANCE VIDEO OBTAINED BY
LOCAL 10 SHOWS AUTHORITIES
ARRESTING SOMEONE THERE AND
WRAPPING THE AREA IN CRIME
SCENE TAPE.
WE KNOW GONZALEZ'S SISTER SALMA
WAS AN EMPLOYEE AND ALSO
ARRESTED.
INVESTIGATORS SAY THE SHOP WAS
A DRUG FRONT SUPPORTING A
MASSIVE MARIJUANA GROW
OPERATION.
>> NO, NO, NO!
>> BACK AT THE HOME RELATIVES
WOULDN'T SAY MUCH.
POLICE SAY PACKAGES OF STEROIDS
WERE ALSO FOUND THERE ALONG
WITH THE LOADED TECH 9 FIREARM.
THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES.
WE KNOW MARIJUANA SEIZED AS
WELL AS CASH IS ALSO TAKEN FROM
THAT BUSINESS.
FEDERAL AUTHORITIES SAY THEY
BELIEVE THIS IS PART OF THE
LARGER DRUG TRAFFICKING RING
FROM TENNESSEE TO FLORIDA SO
DEFINITELY MORE TO COME.
