$19m under floorboards

POLICE say they found $19 million in cash under the floorboards of a house in Cali, Colombia, on Saturday.

$19m under floorboards

The stacks of $100 bills, wrapped in plastic bags, were buried in two metal chambers under the first floor of a residence in the southern city, said General Oscar Naranjo, head of the judicial police, on Caracol Radio.

Naranjo said the hidden loot belonged to Juan Carlos Ramirez Abadia, among a dozen alleged top drug kingpins in Colombia whom US authorities targeted for arrest using a $5m reward for information.

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