A man has been charged after police found $200,000 stashed in the passenger's airbag cavity of a car, following a vehicle stop in West Wyalong in the state's central west on Friday.
Traffic and Highway Patrol officers stopped a Ford Falcon sedan travelling south on the Newell Highway and allegedly located over $200,000 during a search of the vehicle.
The driver, a 64-year-old man, was arrested and charged with dealing with suspected proceeds of crime.
The money was seized and will undergo forensic examinations.
Commander of Traffic and Highway Patrol, Assistant Commissioner John Hartley, said that the arrest proves the police CATCH program is working.
Commander of Traffic and Highway Patrol, Assistant Commissioner John Hartley, said the arrest proves the effectiveness of the CATCH program, which began in 2009.
The program urges highway patrol officers to look beyond road crimes to detect illegal activity and targets vehicles suspected of transporting drugs and other illegal contraband.
"Since the inception of the program, over $110 million dollars worth of drugs, guns, cash, stolen goods, and other contraband has been taken off our roads," Assistant Commissioner Harley said.
The arrest comes three weeks after police seized more than $700,000 worth of drugs and cash from a car that was caught speeding on the Hume Highway near Goulburn.
