Deputies seize $2.7 million in a I-20 traffic stop near State line

TTUSCALOOSA -- Federal drug agents are investigating the source of $2.7 million seized by officers during a traffic stop. <br> <br> The seizure on Interstate 20/59 on Jan. 16 was made by Tuscaloosa County sheriff&#39;s deputies working with officers from the Villa Rica, Ga., police department on an aggressive traffic detail. <br> <br> The money was found in luggage, Sheriff Ted Sexton said, and was turned over to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. <br> <br> Charges have not been filed against the 38-year-old driver, Sexton said. <br> <br> DEA officials transported the money to a Birmingham bank Thursday, but not until officers had their pictures made with the stacks of cash. The stacks of one-, five-, 10- and 20-dollar bills weighed 417 pounds. <br> <br> &#34;I&#39;ve never seen that much money,&#34; Sexton said. <br> <br> If investigators are able to prove the money is drug-related, the sheriff&#39;s office may receive a share. <br> <br> <br>