Man arrested, officials seize 288 pounds of marijuana, $1.3M in cash Jerry Segouin (Source: WWNY) By 7 News Staff | January 21, 2021 at 1:44 PM EST - Updated January 22 at 11:55 AM
TOWN OF BROWNVILLE, N.Y. (WWNY) - An investigation that had been underway for several months has ended with an arrest and the seizure of hundreds of pounds of marijuana and more than $1 million in cash.
Members of the Metro-Jefferson Drug Task Force raided a home at 25871 County Route 59 in the town of Brownville on Wednesday.
Officials arrested 46 year old Jerry Segouin, who lives at that address.
During the search of Segouin’s home as well as a nearby property belonging to a relative, officials seized approximately 288 pounds of marijuana, a 12 gauge shotgun, a .22 caliber rifle, and approximately $1.35 million in cash (see photos below). According to officials, $700,00 of that cash was being stored in a beverage cooler.
DEXTER â There were more questions than answers Thursday after police announced they hauled $1.35 million in cash and nearly 300 pounds of marijuana out of a white double-wide home on North Shore Road the day before.
Police said the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Metro-Jeff Drug Task Force, after an investigation that spanned months, executed a search warrant on the 25871 County Route 59 property owned by Jerry A. Segouin on Wednesday.
The property is just off West Main Street.
Police found 288 pounds of marijuana and $1.35 million in cash on the property. They also seized a 12-gauge shotgun and a .22-caliber rifle, which Mr. Segouin is prohibited from owning because of past criminal convictions.
By Harold Mann
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