NorCal Man Arrested, $2.2M Worth of Pot Seized After U-Haul Truck Stopped In Oregon

ALBANY, Ore. (AP/CBS13) — A Northern California antheral was among 2 arrested aft instrumentality enforcement seized astir $2.2 cardinal successful marijuana recovered stuffed successful integrative bags successful a U-Haul motortruck connected Interstate 5 adjacent Albany, Oregon, constabulary said Thursday.

On Nov. 3, a detective with the Linn Interagency Narcotics Enforcement Team was traveling southbound connected I-5 erstwhile helium encountered a 26-foot (8-meter) U-Haul container motortruck and became alert of a beardown odor of marijuana, according to a quality merchandise from Albany police.

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Police said the detective coordinated with instrumentality enforcement agencies to person the motortruck stopped. The 2 men successful the motortruck said they were hauling furniture. Police said the odor of marijuana was overwhelming and they recovered the motortruck to beryllium afloat of ample achromatic integrative garbage bags of pot.

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Police said they arrested Vidal Gonzales-Tetlctle of Hermiston, Ore., and Jose Guadalupe-Alatorre, of Redway, Calif., successful Humboldt County, connected suspicion of unlawful possession and transportation of marijuana and transgression conspiracy. It wasn’t instantly known if they person attorneys to remark connected their behalf.

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Members of the narcotics squad who aboriginal searched the conveyance recovered 2,800 pounds (1,270 kilograms) of cookware and components of a marijuana grow, according to police.