Traffic Stop Nets More Than $280,000

CROSSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A truck driver surrendered $283,210 to law enforcement after officers found the money hidden in his tractor-trailer.

Chief Investigator Gary Howard told The Knoxville News Sentinel a drug sniffing dog smelled something on the truck during a traffic stop near Crossville last week.

A search of the vehicle found no drugs but did find the cash in a hidden compartment.

The rig's driver, Jimmy Clinton Smith of Ochelata, Oklahoma, didn't fight the seizure and headed home. No charges are expected.

Smith told officers he didn't know the money was there. Of that claim, Howard said, he was not going to comment on whether officers believe it.

Multiple agencies were involved in the stop and search. Howard said the money will likely be awarded by a court to those agencies.