By Police1 Staff
NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas — A Corvette that was seized during a drug raid has a new life as a police vehicle.
According to the New Braunfels Police Department, police confiscated the C6-gen Corvette Z06 - along with other vehicles, jewelry, guns, cash and property all valued at more than $1 million - during a 2011 meth raid.
Deemed “Coptimus Prime,” the car became the department’s property after the suspect was convicted and sentenced. It was wrapped like a police vehicle and presented to the public in 2015, the department wrote on Facebook.
But the Corvette isn’t out catching criminals, it’s used as a community outreach vehicle in parades, National Night Out and school-related functions.
Police said eventually the car will be sold at an auction and the money will be used to fund more community outreach programs done by the police department.
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