{"id":408436,"date":"2026-09-23T17:34:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T17:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/408436\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T17:34:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T17:34:11","slug":"miami-man-arrested-after-71k-in-alleged-drug-proceeds-found-by-k-9-cops-say-nbc-6-south-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/408436\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami man arrested after $71K in alleged drug proceeds found by K-9, cops say \u2013 NBC 6 South Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Miami man is behind bars after police said a traffic stop led to the discovery of over $70,000 worth of suspected drug proceeds.<\/p>\n<p>Alejandro Ernesto Gonzalez, 28, was arrested Tuesday on money laundering, money laundering conspiracy, and unauthorized money transmitter charges, Miami-Dade jail records showed.<\/p>\n<p>According to an arrest report, Gonzalez had been pulled over by a Doral Police officer back on Aug. 3 for an expired tag.<\/p>\n<p>During the traffic stop, a police K-9 detected a controlled substance in a black backpack inside the car, and when an officer searched the bag they found $71,360 in cash bundled in rubber bands, the report said.<\/p>\n<p>Gonzalez spoke with officers and admitted to participating in a coordinated cash drop consistent with money laundering related to drug trafficking, the report said.<\/p>\n<p>During Gonzalez&#8217;s appearance in bond court Wednesday, his attorney argued that no drugs were found in the car and that most of the money supply in Miami-Dade is already tainted.<\/p>\n<p>The attorney asked for a low bond amount, adding that it&#8217;s Gonzalez&#8217;s first arrest and he&#8217;s not a flight risk.<\/p>\n<p>A prosecutor asked for a $150,000 bond, but Judge Mindy Glazer said that seemed excessive, and set Gonzalez&#8217;s bond at $20,000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Miami man is behind bars after police said a traffic stop led to the discovery of over&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":408437,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[225,227,226,373],"class_list":["post-408436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-hialeah","tag-hialeah","tag-hialeah-headlines","tag-hialeah-news","tag-miami-dade-county"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=408436"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408436\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/408437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=408436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=408436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=408436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}