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Police Find 2,800 Pounds Of Marijuana In U-Haul Truck

(Albany, OR) -- Police in Linn County are reporting a major marijuana bust that happened after an officer picked up the scent of it from the back of a U-Haul truck while driving on I-5. The Linn County Sheriff's Office says a narcotics officer was driving on I-5 on November 3rd when he picked up the scent. Police pulled the truck over. The driver initially said they were hauling furniture and the smell was from his t-shirt that needed to be washed. When officers opened the truck they found 173 large garbage bags filled with 28-hundred pounds of pot worth over two-million dollars. The driver and passenger were arrested on drug charges.

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