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Miami - Miami police found a stash of 3.6 million stolen nickels, buried at a farm south of the city, as they looked for marijuana plants in the area.
The coins were stolen from the US Federal Reserve in December.
Authorities said they had clues about a possible marijuana plantation property south of Miami, and that during their search they found a portable icebox full of five-cent coins.
Agents, recalling the robbery late last year, when the coins went missing en route from the Federal Reserve Bank in New Jersey to New Orleans, got out metal detectors.
The hoard of coins was buried, still inside the Federal Reserve sacks they were originally transported in.
Agents arrested a man on the property, and also found some marijuana being cultivated.
The driver of the truck carrying the coins, Angel Mendoza, a resident of Hialeah near Miami, is the main suspect in the robbery, having gone missing, his whereabouts unknown.
"We are concerned because he's missing ... he became a suspect," Miami-Dade County police officer Randy Grossman told Channel 7 television.
The truck was found abandoned at Fort Pierce, in eastern Florida, five days after going missing after leaving New Jersey.
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Copyright: 2005 Agence France Presse.
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The coins were stolen from the US Federal Reserve in December.
Authorities said they had clues about a possible marijuana plantation property south of Miami, and that during their search they found a portable icebox full of five-cent coins.
Agents, recalling the robbery late last year, when the coins went missing en route from the Federal Reserve Bank in New Jersey to New Orleans, got out metal detectors.
The hoard of coins was buried, still inside the Federal Reserve sacks they were originally transported in.
Agents arrested a man on the property, and also found some marijuana being cultivated.
The driver of the truck carrying the coins, Angel Mendoza, a resident of Hialeah near Miami, is the main suspect in the robbery, having gone missing, his whereabouts unknown.
"We are concerned because he's missing ... he became a suspect," Miami-Dade County police officer Randy Grossman told Channel 7 television.
The truck was found abandoned at Fort Pierce, in eastern Florida, five days after going missing after leaving New Jersey.
Source: Yahoo! News
Copyright: 2005 Agence France Presse.
Contact: https://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=127i24...=1124ddvo1/*https://help.yahoo.com/help/news/
Website: Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines
