St. Clair County, Ala. (WDNews) – A routine commercial vehicle inspection along Interstate 20 turned into a major drug arrest after state troopers uncovered nearly 185 pounds of marijuana.
According to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, the stop happened Tuesday, March 31, near the 143 mile marker in St. Clair County. A trooper with the agency’s Motor Carrier Safety Unit initiated the inspection on a tractor-trailer.
During the stop, officials said the driver provided an invalid license. The driver was later identified as 57-year-old Dajun Sun of Oregon City, Oregon, and was determined to be in the country illegally.
Authorities said a further search of the tractor revealed 23 boxes containing approximately 185 pounds of marijuana.
Sun was arrested and charged with drug trafficking and operating a commercial motor vehicle without a commercial driver’s license. He was booked into the St. Clair County Jail on a $1.5 million bond.
The investigation remains ongoing, and no additional information has been released.
