LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Monday was a busy evening for Arkansas State Police as troopers confiscated large quantities of marijuana and other narcotics in a series of highway traffic stops.
According to a release by ASP, troopers seized 340 pounds of marijuana across two traffic stops as well as illegal narcotics and a gun in a third stop, with the alleged perpetrators being booked into three different detention centers across the state.
The first stop was on Interstate 40 East. Officials said troopers found 240 pounds of marijuana in a car driven by 70-year-old Maul Magda of New Jersey. Maga was booked into the Pulaski County Regional Detention Facility, officials said, and is facing charges of possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of a controlled substance with the purpose to deliver.