Mistake leads to arrests as spilled cash creates frenzy on California freeway

Two radical who allegedly stopped connected a California freeway to drawback spilled currency were arrested aft they locked themselves retired of their car, and the CHP is informing they person images of dozens more.

Image from currency spill connected Interstate 5 successful Carlsbad, Calif., Nov. 19, 2021. (California Highway Patrol)

“It is not your money,” California Highway Patrol Sgt. Curtis Martin said astatine a quality league Friday, respective hours aft stacks of currency fell onto Interstate 5 successful Carlsbad.

The backmost doorway of an armored motortruck came unfastened connected the freeway astir 9:15 a.m., and the CHP instantly started getting calls astir motorists moving into the lanes to scoop up the bills, mostly 1s and 20s.

The operator of the motortruck started trying to retrieve the wealth but yet turned to taking pictures of radical and cars successful the chaotic scene.

The CHP did not specify however overmuch wealth was mislaid oregon however overmuch was returned. The truck, from Sectran Security, was connected its mode to an bureau of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., the bureau said.

A antheral and a pistillate were arrested astatine the country connected suspicion of taking cash. They had accidentally locked the cardinal successful their car erstwhile they got retired to pursuit the bills and ended up stranded connected the road, their conveyance blocking traffic.

The CHP’s Martin said galore images and videos were recorded astatine the scene, and helium urged anyone who had retrieved currency to “do the close thing” and crook it successful wrong 48 hours to debar imaginable transgression charges. The bureau is coordinating with the FBI connected the case.