VAN BUREN — State Police confiscated 2,872 pounds of illegal marijuana Monday during a traffic stop on Interstate 40.
Troopers pulled over a tractor-trailer at the 2-mile marker eastbound in Crawford County for a traffic violation around 12:45 p.m. Monday, according to a press release from the Arkansas State Police.
Upon searching the trailer, police found seven pallets containing 107 boxes of illegal marijuana. The driver, Zhiping Mu, 31, from Kent, Wash., was arrested and taken to the Crawford County Detention Center.
Mu faces felony charges of trafficking a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia. Mu remained in the Crawford County Detention Center on Tuesday on $150,000 bond.
“This seizure highlights Arkansas State Police’s commitment to fighting drug trafficking on our highways,” said Col. Mike Hagar, director of the Arkansas State Police. “I am immensely proud of our Troopers’ dedication to safeguarding Arkansans by stopping the transportation of narcotics through our state and into our communities.”
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