Courtesy Nebraska State Patrol
LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – An Iowa man was caught Thursday with a trunk full of marijuana on Interstate 80 in Nebraska, the state patrol says.
Around 11:30 a.m., a trooper pulled over a Volkswagen Jetta on eastbound I-80 near Overton.
The trooper smelled marijuana coming from the vehicle, leading to a search of the vehicle, according to the patrol.
Troopers found 85 pounds of suspected marijuana concealed in trash bags in the trunk, the patrol said. A handgun was also discovered.
The driver — 31-year-old Matthew Maly of Council Bluffs, Iowa — was arrested on suspicion of several felony drug charges.
Maly was lodged in the Dawson County Jail.
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