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SAMPSON COUNTY -- Sampson County Deputies seized more than $140,000 in cash after pulling over a Mount Olive man in a traffic stop.
Deputies say 25-year-old Rigoberto Rivera was pulled over Thursday afternoon for a window tint violation.
Rivera attemped to run away when officers stopped his car but he didn't get very far.
The cash that was seized is believed to be drug money.
Rivera is being held on a $3,000 bond.
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