Colorado state troopers found 569 pounds of marijuana in the back of a pickup truck. The truck driver was pulled over for a traffic violation!
Arnoldo Escalante-Guiterrez's pickup was drifting onto the shoulder on Interstate 70 near Grand Junction. After the officers smelles marijuana, they asked for permission to search the vehicle.
Packages of marijuana were laying in the bed of the truck. Specially trained drug-sniffing dog detected something in the truck.
The police say the total value of the marijuana found is over half a million dollars!