STATE TROOPERS MAKE RECORD MARIJUANA BUST

Cops: Commercial Truck Was Found To Be Moving 3,693 Pounds Of Pot From
Illinois After Failing To Stop At Weigh Station

BRIDGMAN - A state police motor carrier officer made the biggest pot
bust in west Michigan history Thursday, state police announced Friday.

Sgt. Linda Shinsky of the state police Traffic Safety Division said
police found $3.6 million worth of marijuana hidden inside copy paper
boxes being transported in a commercial truck on Interstate 94.

Shinsky said a motor carrier officer from the Bridgman state police
post stopped the truck after it bypassed the weigh station on
eastbound I-94 near New Buffalo. The two-axle truck was traveling from
Wheeling, Ill., to Allen Park, Shinsky said. The driver and a
passenger, whom police did not identify pending a court appearance on
a charge of possession of marijuana with intent to deliver, were taken
to the Berrien County jail, police said.

Shinsky said that according to the U.S. Drug Enforcement
Administration, the 3,693 pounds of marijuana found in the truck is a
new record for marijuana seizure for the Western District of Michigan.
The old record was 3,500 pounds, police said.

The motor carrier officer was assisted at the scene by personnel from
the Southwest Enforcement Team, Homeland Security Team and Immigration
and Custom Enforcement.

Shinsky said police are still trying to determine who owns the truck
and why it failed to stop at the weigh station.