{"id":250521,"date":"2026-07-23T19:22:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T19:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/250521\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T19:22:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T19:22:15","slug":"msp-seize-100-kilos-of-weed-nearly-350k-in-cash-during-monroe-county-traffic-stop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/250521\/","title":{"rendered":"MSP seize 100 kilos of weed, nearly $350K in cash during Monroe County traffic stop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Michigan State Police officers seized nearly 100 kilograms of marijuana and $550,000 in U.S. currency after a traffic stop of a commercial truck in Erie Township. (Courtesy Michigan State Police)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">ERIE TOWNSHIP \u2013 Nearly 100 kilograms of marijuana and $350,000 in cash were confiscated from a commercial semi-truck traveling from California to New Jersey on Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">According to Michigan State Police, the agency\u2019s Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Division initiated a traffic stop of the vehicle after it bypassed an I-75 weigh station in Erie Township.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">The driver, a 25-year-old man from North Hollywood, Calif., consented to a search of the truck after officers say they observed \u201cseveral indicators of possible criminal activity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">While searching the tractor-trailer, officers found a large amount of U.S. currency in vacuum-sealed bags concealed in the the truck\u2019s sleeper berth. Upon a more thorough inspection by the Monroe Area Narcotics Team and Investigative Services (MANTIS), investigators found a total of 97 kilograms of processed marijuana and $346,000 in cash, all vacuum-sealed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Police said the truck is owned by a company based out of Bartlett, Tenn.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">The driver was arrested and taken to the Monroe County Jail pending review of possible charges. The investigation remains ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by WDIV ClickOnDetroit &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Michigan State Police officers seized nearly 100 kilograms of marijuana and $550,000 in U.S. currency after a traffic&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":250522,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[136,138,137,37201,2941],"class_list":["post-250521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news","tag-erie-township","tag-monroe-county"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250521\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/250522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}