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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.