LIBERTY COUNTY – A mother and son have been arrested in Liberty County on money laundering charges.
Deputies stopped a 2006 Chevrolet Cobalt near Highway 59 on Thursday for several traffic violations.
Officials said inside the car were Perla Veronica Vite, 42, and her 19-year-old son, Damian Galan, both of Springfield, Ohio.
Deputies interviewed the mother and son separately about what they were doing in Texas. Deputies said the two gave completely different stories. Â
Deputies searched the car with a recently purchased Contraband Detection Device. The device located two hidden compartments in the car that had $132,000 in cash, which was wrapped in several bundles.
Both Vite and Galan were arrested and placed in the Liberty County Jail. Bond was set at $200,000 each.
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The sheriff's office said the $18,000 Contraband Detection Device was purchased by money recovered from previous illegal drug operations that was awarded to Liberty County by the courts.