POPE COUNTY, Ark. (KAIT/Edited News Release) – Arkansas State Police arrested a Texas man after they said they found over 500 pounds of illegal marijuana.
According to a news release, on Monday, Sept. 9, at around 4:20 p.m., Arkansas State Police troopers stopped a white 2021 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter van on Interstate 40 near the 76-mile marker in Pope County for a traffic violation.
Troopers searched the van and uncovered multiple duffle bags stowed inside crates in the vehicle.
Inside these bags, troopers found 514 one-pound packages of illegal marijuana and approximately two pounds of Psilocybin mushrooms.
Troopers arrested the driver, 41-year-old Ismar Zubovic, of Houston, Texas, and took him to the Pope County Detention Center, where he is charged with two felony counts of trafficking a controlled substance and felony possession of drug paraphernalia.
Zubovic told investigators he was traveling from California to New Jersey.
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