Police found $87,480 in the back of the black Jeep Cherokee owned by accused murderer Jack Harrison Vincent Sadler, the Launceston Supreme Court heard.
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Detective Senior Constable Leighton Riggall said the cash was found after the vehicle was located in Andrea Place, Riverside, in the days after the alleged murder.
Mr Sadler has pleaded not guilty to the murder of Jake Anderson-Brettner on August 15, 2018.
The jury heard last week that Mr Anderson-Brettner collected a bag from the home of his friend Thomas Larissey about 7pm on August 15.
Constable Riggall said he was involved in the seizing of Mr Anderson-Bettner's black Nissan Navara in Balmoral Avenue, Riverside on August 16.
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The Crown alleges Mr Sadler shot Mr Anderson-Brettner three times before beheading and dismembering his body and placing parts in wheelie bins.
The jury has heard that Mr Sadler was angry with Mr Anderson-Brettner and told friends he was going to flog the spineless c---.
Defence counsel Greg Richardson has cross examined witnesses about Mr Anderson-Brettner's role as a drug dealer.
Mr Sadler told his partner Gemma Clark that Mr Anderson-Brettner was a good person to sell drugs because he was popular.
Mr Sadler told Clark, who is serving jail time for failing to report a killing and being an accessory after the fact of the alleged murder, to tell police that the Jeep didn't exist.
The trial before Justice Robert Pearce continues.
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