Charlotte man caught with 60 pounds of drugs on eastern North Carolina interstate

MAGNOLIA, N.C. (WBTV) – A man from Charlotte was caught with 60 pounds of illegal drugs in eastern North Carolina this week, deputies said.

The man — 27-year-old Tyler Alexander Blackwood — was allegedly driving down I-40 East near the exit to Highway 903 when he got pulled over on Thursday, Sept. 18.

During that traffic stop, the Duplin County Sheriff’s Office said a K-9 sniffed out 60 pounds of marijuana. Authorities said the large quantity of marijuana had a street value of more than $150,000…

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