You Won’t Believe What This Man Had in His Attic
Before getting into what shocking and unbelievable things this man had in his attic, some backstory needs to be provided. Way back in 2010, the DEA began targeting and tracking a man named Luis Hernandez-Gonzalez. He was on their radar because of him being recorded talking about the marijuana trade with an informant. They believed he was a seller and had connections across the country.
Now, to the public, Luis is nothing but a regular guy and the owner of The Blossom Experience, a store that sells gardening equipment and lights. However, authorities have a much different story about this man. Apparently, Luis was only using the store as a front for his marijuana selling operation, which authorities hadn’t been able to catch on to for a while.
But for six years, the DEA and authorities were after this man until finally getting their break in the case in mid-June of 2016. 11 Cuban nationals were arrested in Tennessee for their involvement in a drug trafficking ring, one which authorities also believed Luis was a part of. In that bust in Tennessee, police confiscated more than 300 marijuana plants, 5 guns and almost $150,000 in cash. They now had reasonable doubt to engage Luis and see if their suspicions and beliefs were true.
But once they got search warrants to search Luis and his sister’s home in Miami, they would be in for one hell of a shock, even more than they were expecting. First, the DEA found seeds, marijuana and around $180,000 in a safe, but they weren’t done looking, not even remotely close.
But just as they thought that was all they would find after a dead end search, they found a secret compartment in the attic of the home, and that secret room was the motherload. In that room were stacks and stacks of orange Home Depot buckets that were sealed shut, what could be inside?
After finally opening the bucket, what they found was breathtaking. In total, the buckets contained upwards of $24 Million in cash, which is said to be the biggest bust in Miami’s history, a history full of massive drug busts. Luis and his sister were obviously arrested and charged with drug trafficking and money laundering and are likely looking at some serious jail time.