(AP) — A California woman is suing Nebraska officials seeking the return more than $1 million in cash seized in a traffic stop that she says was her life savings, but that the Nebraska State Patrol says is drug money.

The trial in the lawsuit is set to begin Monday.

The patrol seized the money after a traffic stop on Interstate 80 near North Platte turned up the cash wrapped in dryer sheets.

The patrol says a drug-sniffing dog indicated the smell of drugs on the money. Authorities say the state is entitled to take the cash.

But Tasha Mishra, of Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., says she earned the money as a stripper and was sending it with two friends to invest in a New Jersey nightclub.