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Nearly 300 pounds of marijuana will not be smoked after a traffic stop on Interstate 40 Thursday.
Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper Darren Koch was on routine patrol when he stopped a pickup for speeding.drug-arrest
He said the behavior of the two female occupants raised his suspicions so a search of the vehicle was made.
Located under a false compartment in the bed of the truck was nearly 300 "bricks" of marijuana each wrapped in plastic.
One of the two females in the vehicle, Victoria Ann Gonzalez, 21, was booked into the county jail on a complaint of trafficking in marijuana. Shawna De La Paz was jailed on a complaint of drug trafficking
The street value of the marijuana is estimated to be $1.5 million.
Last December, Okmulgee County deputies stopped a car carrying around 31 pounds of marijuana.