Courtesy Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office

Courtesy Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office

Courtesy Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – Deputies discovered over 600 pounds of marijuana inside a trailer during a traffic stop in Lincoln on Wednesday, authorities say.

Chief Deputy Ben Houchin with the Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office said the agency’s criminal interdiction unit pulled over a pickup truck pulling an enclosed trailer on Interstate 80 near the 40th Street exit.

During the traffic stop, deputies became suspicious of criminal activity and a K9 sniff led to a search of the trailer, according to Houchin.

Inside, they found a “very elaborate” hidden compartment containing 609 pounds of marijuana.

“The way they figured it out is from the inside measuring, wasn’

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