Man allegedly smuggling $22M in cocaine from Salinas to Canada arrested

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Arizona Troopers Seize Over 550 Pounds Of Cocaine In Traffic Stop

An Arizona State Trooper made a big drug bust this week during a routine commercial vehicle traffic stop. According to the Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS), on Monday, a Commercial Vehicle Enforcement trooper initiated a traffic stop on the driver of a Volvo tractor-trailer on eastbound Interstate 40 in Holbrook for civil traffic violations....

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Arizona trooper seizes over 550 pounds of cocaine

A man accused of trying to smuggle over 550 pounds of cocaine to Canada was arrested during a traffic stop in an eastern Arizona town.

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Over 500 pounds of Canadian-bound cocaine from Salinas and L.A. seized in Arizona

SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV) -- The Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS) announced Wednesday that they found a Volvo tractor-trailer Monday headed eastbound on Interstate 40 in Holbrook, Arizona with 553.8 pounds of cocaine hidden inside the produce load. The AZDPS said that for civil traffic violations, they had pulled over the truck but upon inspection, observed "multiple indicators of criminal activity." "Further investigation revealed th…

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Man allegedly smuggling $22M in cocaine from Salinas to Canada arrested

The trooper found "553.8 pounds of cocaine concealed within a produce load."

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Georgia man arrested after Florence County deputy finds 11 pounds of cocaine in his car

FLORENCE COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) -- A Georgia man was arrested Thursday after about 11 pounds of cocaine were found inside his vehicle, according to the Florence County Sheriff's Office. Johnny Bunkley III, 50, was pulled over for a traffic stop near mile-marker 160 on Interstate 95 in Florence County. After determining there was a reasonable suspicion of criminal activity, deputies used a narcotics sniffing canine that alerted the deputy to possibl…

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PHOENIX- Arizona authorities arrested a man suspected of trafficking more than 550 pounds of cocaine destined for Canada, according to the Department of Public Safety (DPS). The suspect, identified as Amarjeet Singh Matharu, 31, allegedly hid the cocaine in cardboard boxes, according to a DPS press release. DPS reported that the 553.8 pounds of cocaine he was allegedly carrying were worth approximately $16.6 million to $22.1 million.