[MM] Candidate arrested with $1M in car trunk

VICTORIA A former state trooper who was seeking election to the Precinct 1 constable’s seat was arrested Monday on money laundering charges after law enforcement officers found more than $1 million packed inside suitcases stored in his car’s trunk.

Robert “Bobby” Maldonado, a 46-year-old Mercedes resident in the midst of a second campaign for the constable’s seat, was arrested during a traffic stop Monday afternoon on U.S. 59 in Victoria County, said Texas Department of Public Safety spokesman Tom Vinger. Once a K-9 alerted on Maldonado’s Chrysler 200, a search produced the luggage containing more than 100 bundles of cash.

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