A minor traffic violation led to a major marijuana bust earlier this month.
Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers stopped a U-Haul box truck for veering out of its lanes around 1145 a.m. Dec. 7 on Interstate 80 in Wood County, southeast of Toledo.
Troopers detected an odor of raw marijuana, and found five cardboard boxes containing 300 pounds of pot with a value of nearly $1.4 million, according to the highway patrol.
The suspects, Javier Oritiz Nunez, 29, and Selin Noralis Martinez, 35, both of Honduras, were booked into the Wood County Jail on suspicion of possession and trafficking in marijuana, both second-degree felonies. If convicted, each could face up to 16 years in prison and up to a $30,000 fine.
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