Virginia trucker arrested in Arkansas on drug charges after traffic stop

LONOKE, Ark. — A Virginia truck driver was arrested in Arkansas after a traffic stop on Monday where police found drugs and a weapon.

According to a release from the Arkansas State Police (ASP), on Monday, November 17, 2025, at approximately 10:30 a.m., troopers conducted a traffic stop on a tractor-trailer near the 173-mile marker eastbound on Interstate 40 in Lonoke County for a traffic violation.

ASP said during a search of the trailer, troopers discovered four pallets of cardboard boxes containing 960 pounds of illegal marijuana, 1,000 pounds of THC products, and 27 pounds of synthetic marijuana…

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