A SPEEDING VEHICLE ON I-44 RESULTED IN A TRAFFIC STOP AND THE SEIZURE OF MARIJUANA THAT WAS HIDDEN IN THE CAR. THE STOP HAPPENED ON SATURDAY AT THE 128 MILE MARKER. A LEBANON POLICE OFFICER REPORTEDLY SPOTTED THE CAR TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. ACCORDING TO THE OFFICER, AS HE APPROACHED THE VEHICLE, HE SMELLED THE ODOR OF MARIJUANA COMING FROM INSIDE. THE OFFICER WAS GIVEN CONSENT TO SEARCH THE VEHICLE AND FOUND A BAGGIE OF MARIJUANA HIDDEN UNDER THE DASH, BEHIND THE GLOVEBOX. A TOW TRUCK WAS CALLED TO TAKE THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE POLICE STATION. AN ADDITIONAL SEARCH TURNED UP MORE MARIJUANA WHICH HAD BEEN HIDDEN INSIDE THE CENTER CONSOLE, NEXT TO THE FIREWALL. A 23 YEAR OLD AND A 24 YEAR OLD MAN BOTH FROM THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, WERE ARRESTED. BOTH MEN DENIED THAT THE MARIJUANA WAS THEIRS.
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