Bismarck  (CSi)  A North Dakota Highway Patrol trooper,  Monday afternoon, stopped a vehicle for minor traffic violations and discovered 183 pounds of marijuana in the vehicle, one of the North Dakota Highway Patrol’s largest drug busts.

A Dodge minivan was eastbound on I-94 between Mandan and Bismarck in a construction zone. The driver, 71 year old Harold Miller, of Sacramento, California, was stopped for traffic violations. During the stop, the trooper detected a strong odor of marijuana.

Miller admitted to having marijuana inside the vehicle. A subsequent search revealed 183 pounds of marijuana with an approximate street value of $700,000.

Miller was placed under arrest for possession of marijuana with intent to deliver and possession of drug paraphernalia.

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