Drugs, money & speeding: A ride along with Nash County's sheriff
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>> I-95 IS THE BUSIEST HIGHWAY
AND THE EAST COAST IN CAN TAKE
YOU FROM MIAMI TO MAINE.
MORE THAN 50 MILES OF IT RUNS
RIGHT THROUGH NASH COUNTY SINCE
JANUARY. FIRST OF THIS YEAR,
DEPUTIES AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
HAS STOPPED MORE THAN 1000
PEOPLE FOR VARIOUS REASONS.
TONIGHT IN A WRAL
INVESTIGATION. OUR CHELSI
DONOVAN TAKES US INSIDE SOME OF
THOSE STOPS RIDING ALONG WITH
THE INTERSTATE INTERCEPT TEAM.
>> ON THIS TABLE SITS $100,000
IN CASH. THE MONEY CONFISCATED
TUESDAY ON I-95.
IT WAS A TRAFFIC STOP WITH THE
SPEED AND IT STARTED WITH A
ROUTINE INFRACTIONS. AND AFTER
THE I'LL PUT A WALL BUILT.
>> WE DID TAKE IT DO TO REPAIR
A WON IN THE VEHICLE, WHICH
PROMPTED THE SEARCH.
>> NASH COUNTY DRUG DOT QUICKLY
HIT ON THE SMELL OF DRUGS ON
THE MONEY INSIDE THIS BOX GOING
UP. AND WE TOOK A FUEL FOR THE
FIRE, WOULD MOVE TO A LOT OF
MONEY FROM THE HIGHWAY THAT
>> WAS ONE OF DOZENS OF STOPS
WE MADE AS WE RODE ALONG WITH
LAW ENFORCEMENT TUESDAY, NASH
COUNTY AND
NEIGHBORING JURISDICTIONS.
>> JOIN THE FIGHT, MAKING THIS
HIGHLY TRAFFIC INTERSTATE SAY
FOR A 95. IT'S GOT A LOT OF
TRAFFIC ON US. ONE OF THE
DEADLIEST HIGHWAYS IN THE
UNITED STATES. WE HOPPED IN THE
CAR WITH NASH COUNTY SHERIFF
KEITH STONE.
>> ITS AN OPERATION THAT THIS
TEAM CONDUCTS 4 TIMES A YEAR.
THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE
MOST DANGEROUS JOBS IN LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
>> WITH A SIMPLE FIND, THE IS.
>> YOU DON'T KNOW THAT YOU'RE
DEALING WITH. IT OFTEN STARTS
WITH SPOTTING THE SPEEDER.
>> WE'RE LOOKING FOR US TO
ATTEND ONE OR ONE RUN ON ALL OF
OUR OUR VIEW THAT AS YOU SAW
EARLIER, A SIMPLE STOP COULD
YIELD MORE. WE GET TO THE WIRE
AS WELL. WHILE
>> THIS BLUE CAR DRIVEN BY A
19 YEAR-OLD COLLEGE STUDENT WAS
GOING 92 IN A 70 YOU DIDN'T
SEE
>> THEN ISSUE, A BEYOND WHAT
THE HECK OUT OF SLOW DOWN THIS
ONE. 91 FROM SPEEDING TO THE
POLAR OPPOSITES OF THE SEASON.
OTHER FLASHING THE DRIVER
GOING. 45 IN THE 70 S SEARCH,
HIS CAR AND IN THIS STOP IS
FORCED TO LEAVE HIS SUV BEHIND.
>> SHERIFF STONE SAYS HE HAS A
SLEW OF PAST CONVICTIONS WAS NO
DRIVERS OFFICES OUT OF THE
CHARGED WITH DRIVING WITHOUT
A LICENSE. RIGHT. AND THEN HE'S
GOING TO BONDED. THEN SHERIFF
STONE QUICKLY SPOT THIS CAR
TEXTING ON I-NINETY-FIVE MENU
ON THE MOTION TURNS OUT THIS
DRIVER SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN
BEHIND THE WHEEL AT ALL.
ONE OF YOUR LIFE SINCE JANUARY.
FIRST, THE NASH COUNTY
SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAS STOPPED
MORE THAN 1000 CARS ALONG
I-NINETY-FIVE DRUGS IS OFTEN
THE TARGET. GIVEN THAT THIS
1900 MILE ALONG INTERSTATE RUNS
FROM CANADA TO FLORIDA, 50
MILES OF IT RUNS RIGHT THROUGH
NASH COUNTY. EVERY BIT OF IT.
>> THAT IS KILLING AMERICANS
TODAY, MAINLY FOOT. NOW HE'S
COMING FROM THE BORDER AND
COMING ACROSS AND COMING UP
AND DOWN OUR INTERSTATES TO
BE DISTRIBUTED INTO THE
COMMUNITY. SO WE'RE VERY AND
THIS INTERCEPT TEAM HERE, WHAT
MAY START OUT AS SPEEDING IS
OFTEN JUST THE TIP OF THE
ICEBERG. WHAT WE STOP TODAY.
>> OBVIOUSLY STOP SOME FROM
ALLIED CHAMPION, ANOTHER
COMMUNITY. GOD BLESS YOU TO
SLOW DOWN. OKAY. CHELSEA