Arkansas State Police seized 507 pounds of illegal marijuana during a traffic stop on Interstate 40 in Crawford County on Sunday morning.
A state trooper stopped a box truck traveling eastbound near the 3-mile marker around 8 a.m. on March 2 for a traffic violation, according to Arkansas State Police Communications. During a search of the truck’s cargo area, troopers discovered the marijuana concealed inside three wooden crates.
The driver, Armen Grigoryan, 47, of Valley, California, was arrested and transported to the Crawford County Detention Center. He was booked on felony charges of trafficking a controlled substance.
The truck was traveling from California to Memphis at the time of the stop.
