SHASTA COUNTY, Calif. - A Honduras man was taken into custody by the Shasta Interagency Narcotics Task Force early Sunday morning after a traffic stop by the California Highway Patrol resulted in the discovery of a large sum of illegal funds.

Authorities say that at around 11:58 p.m. on Saturday night, an officer with the California Highway Patrol stopped a vehicle traveling southbound on Interstate 5 in the area of Cypress Avenue for a vehicle code violation.

The driver, identified as 24-year-old Fredy Jassiel Vasquez Fuentes from Honduras, told the officer that he traveling from Washington to San Francisco in a vehicle that did not belong to him.

Vasquez Fuentes was unable to answer simple questions the officer asked him about his trip. Due to the circumstances, the CHP officer reque

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