A routine traffic stop by deputies in Riverside County today ended up netting more than 25,000 pounds of marijuana valued at $10 million, authorities said.
Deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff's Department pulled over the 18-wheeler about 9 a.m. on northbound Interstate 15. While questioning the driver, deputies searched the vehicle and found boxes of marijuana, the department said.
The department said the quantity of pot appeared to be the largest confiscated in the agency's history.
The driver, an adult male, was taken into custody by the federal Drug Enforcement Administration.
-- Robert J. Lopez
Photo: Boxes of confiscated marijuana. Credit: Riverside County Sheriff's Department
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/08/riverside-deputies-sieze-25000-pounds-of-marijuana.html
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