RI State Police Seize Marijuana & Hash Oil Worth $400,000

EAST GREENWICH, RI—A traffic stop Friday afternoon on Interstate 95 ended in one arrest and the seizure of drugs worth more than $400,000, state police said. Jiacheng Liu, age 29, of San Francisco, was allegedly speeding in Warwick near the I-295 intersection. Troopers stopped his minivan around 3 p.m. Friday. A search of the vehicle uncovered some 185 pounds of marijuana and 800 vials of hash oil.

Liu was charged with delivery/possession with intent to deliver and manufacture a controlled substance (2 counts); and manufacture/possession/delivery of greater than five kilograms of marijuana, police said.

The seized marijuana was worth $368,800, and the hash oil was worth $40,000, police said. Liu is being held at the Adult Correctional Institutions in Cranston pending a district court appearance Monday.