HUGE LOAD OF POT FOUND IN RENTAL TRUCK

CHARLOTTE -- Charlotte-Mecklenburg police seized more than 1,100 pounds of
marijuana valued at $1 million from a U-Haul truck they had stopped for
expired tags.

"The marijuana about knocked me down. The smell," Officer J.C. Long said of
Friday night's bust in southeast Charlotte.

Long and Officer P.W. Siler were patrolling when they spotted the truck with
expired Texas tags. They asked if they could search the vehicle, and the
officers said the driver consented.

"We opened it up. That's what we found," Long said, pointing to 18 bales of
pot. "It was just all luck."

Long said the driver told officers he had just rented the truck and thought
moving boxes were inside.

"He's sticking to his story that he didn't know what was in the back of the
truck," Long said.

Checked-by: "Rolf Ernst"