Troopers confiscate marijuana, pills, meth and more during trio of traffic stops

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.

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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.

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