Authorities in Illinois have two men in arrest after a trooper seized thousands of pounds of marijuana from their vehicle during a traffic stop on Friday morning.
According to an Illinois State Police (ISP) announcement, on September 4 at around 11:30 a.m., a trooper from the ISP’s Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Bureau conducted a traffic stop on a truck tractor semi-trail (TTST) going east on I-80 just outside of LaSalle, Illinois.
A further search of the van discovered additional pallets with suspected cannabis and cannabis products, totaling roughly 5,858 pounds.
The driver of the TTST, a 41-year-old Norridge, Illinois man, and his codriver, a 45-year-old Harwood Heights, Illinois man, were apprehended without additional incident.
The ISP brought the case to the LaSalle County State’s Attorney’s Office, and both individuals were charged with cannabis trafficking, a Class X felony.
Both guys are being held in the LaSalle County Jail pending their first court appearances.
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