RANKIN COUNTY, Miss. (WLBT) – Two men face trafficking charges after authorities seized more than a ton of illegal drugs during an interstate traffic stop on Thursday.
The Mississippi Department of Public Safety announced Monday that law enforcement confiscated approximately 204 pounds of cocaine and 1,959 pounds of marijuana from an 18-wheeler traveling along Interstate 20 in Rankin County.
The interdiction was part of a coordinated multi-agency operation involving the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics, the MDPS Interdiction Team, the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department, and the Madison Police Department…