Traffic Stop in Arkansas Uncovers Over 1,000 Pounds of Illegal Weed

The Arkansas State Police are on a roll, and they are making sure illegal drug trafficking stops in the Natural State.

Arkansas State Police Find Illegal Marijuana on a Traffic Stop

This past Saturday morning, May 10 at around 10 AM, Arkansas State Police pulled over a big rig on I-40 near the 30-mile marker close to Ozark. State troopers stopped the truck for a regular traffic violation, but they found much more than they expected.

Arkansas State Police Found Over Half a Ton of Illegal Weed

While the state troopers with checking out the trailer, they found three large pallets filled with 49 boxes of, wait for it... Illegal marijuana.  All together, the 49 boxes of illegal weed weighed a crazy 1,135 pounds. That's more than half a ton!

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State Troopers are Cracking Down on Drug Trafficking in Arkansas

The driver was from Brooklyn, New York and was identified as 51 year 51-year-old Kok Tse. He was arrested and quickly transported to the Franklin County detention Center. Tse was booked on felony charges of Trafficking a Controlled Substance and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.