Crime & Safety

200 Pounds Of Marijuana Found During OC Traffic Stop

Orange County deputies confiscated roughly 200 pounds of marijuana and an undisclosed sum of cash during a traffic stop Tuesday.

ORANGE, CA — Orange County Sheriff's Department deputies confiscated approximately 200 pounds of marijuana and an undisclosed sum of cash Tuesday during a traffic stop in Orange.

Deputies stopped a Chevy Suburban truck at 12:30 a.m. near Orange- Olive Road and Santa Ana Canyon Road, Sgt. Mike Woodroof told City News Service.

When they searched the truck, deputies found the money and the drugs in plastic bags.

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The driver and the Chevy's occupants were not detained, Woodroof said, and the investigation is ongoing.