MOUNT COMFORT, Ind. (AP) - Three Indiana state highway workers
cleaning up litter alongside Interstate 70 just east of Indianapolis found about $100,000 in an abandoned tire.

State police suspect the cash - which photos show to be in denominations of $5 to $100 - may be drug money. Indiana State Police spokesman Mike Burns says a drug-sniffing dog found the scent of drugs on the cash.

Police say the workers found the tire Friday in a ditch near the
Mount Comfort Road exit on I-70. When they picked it up, the tire fell apart, revealing the cash, and the workers called police.

Detective Sgt. Keith O'Donnell commended the workers for their
"honesty and professionalism" in contacting police.

Police say the tire appeared to be from a large truck. It isn't clear how long it was in the ditch.

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