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Posted: 1:57 PM Jul 6, 2009
Police Find Ton Of Pot In Truck Loaded With Paper
Illinois State Police have arrested an Arizona man after finding more than 2,000 pounds of marijuana hidden in the back of a tractor trailer he drove on Interstate 55.
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Illinois State Police have arrested an Arizona man after finding more than 2,000 pounds of marijuana hidden in the back of a tractor trailer he drove on Interstate 55.
State Police Lt. Fred Winterroth says the 50-year-old driver is from Tucson, Ariz., and is being questioned. He hasn't been formally charged.
Winterroth says a trooper pulled over the semi on I-55 just north of Bloomington at about 12:30 a.m. Monday to do a safety inspection.
The trooper found 100 bundles of marijuana hidden in a load of paper products in the truck's trailer.
A passenger riding in the truck's cab was released.
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