FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 27, 2001
CONTACT: SID GAULDEN, 803-896-8755

COLUMBIA - United States Attorney Strom Thurmond Jr. presented four checks, which totaled $145,571, to South Carolina Highway Patrol commander Col. Mike Kelley on Friday, December 21.

On hand for the presentation were Capt. Ken Lancaster of the Highway Patrol and John Ozaluk, Assistant Special Agent in Charge for the Drug Enforcement Administration. The funds were part of a number of cash seizures made by the Highway Patrol's ACE Team. (Photo by SCDPS)

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