Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol have arrested two men and seized 526 pounds of high-grade marijuana following a traffic stop on Interstate 80.
The Patrol says just after 11:00 a.m. a trooper observed an eastbound truck failing to signal and had improper lighting near mile marker 370. During the stop, an NSP drug dog detected the odor of a controlled substance coming from the rear of the truck.
Troopers searched the vehicle and found 17 boxes of high-grade marijuana with a total weight of 526.2 pounds. The drugs carried as estimated street value of $1.5 million.
27 year old Robert Rahon of Sacramento, California 38 year old Felice Giorgetti of Huntington Beach, California were arrested for Possession With Intent to Deliver and No Drug Tax Stamp.
Rahon and Giorgetti were booked into the Seward County Jail.