VAN ZANDT COUNTY, Texas: Two Chinese nationals were arrested with $250,000 worth of gold bars after a traffic stop on I-20 on Thursday.
According to an affidavit, Sgt. Charlie Hughes, with the Wills Point Police Department, was working traffic enforcement along I-20. Hughes was near the 533 mile marker of westbound I-20 near when he observed a White Chevy Malibu with a Michigan registration comitting a traffic violation.
Hughes proceeded to conduct a traffic stop on the Chevy.
The driver was identified as 25-year-old Chen, Weijian. Due to a language barrier, Hughes asked Chen to go to his patrol vehicle and speak to him using a translator app.
During the interview, Hughes reportedly “observed multiple factors that lead [him] to believe there was criminal activity afoot.” Chen reportedly told Hughes they had flown from Los Angeles, California to Atlanta, Georgia to “play” but had only remained in Atlanta for one day.
Chen claimed he was heading to Dallas and also claimed he went to Florida to “play.”
