Halloween busy for highway patrol

A Halloween bust scared up more than $138,000 in money believed to have been used in illicit drug purchases Saturday morning.

A traffic stop near Exit 107 in Rock Springs at 10 a.m. Saturday morning started when a 2015 Chevy Malibu was stopped for speeding 80 mph in the 75 mph zone. According to a release from the Wyoming Highway Patrol, conflicting and confusing stories from the three occupants resulted in the K-9 unit getting involved with the stop. The dog alerted its handler to the presence of a controlled substance in the car and the subsequent search revealed two boxes containing the...