LAGRANGE COUNTY, IN (WTVB) – An Indiana State Trooper discovered 259 pounds of marijuana during a traffic stop Wednesday on the Indiana Toll Road in LaGrange County.

Trooper Nikolos Anderson stopped a pickup truck for a moving violation as it traveled east in a construction zone about a mile west of the Howe/LaGrange Exit.

State Police say during the traffic stop a free-air sniff was conducted by a K-9 unit with the LaGrange County Sheriff’s Office.

A search of the vehicle was conducted after a positive alert by the K-9 that resulted in the discovery of the extremely large amount of suspected marijuana.

Both the driver and a passenger were from Oregon. They were arrested for Dealing Marijuana and Possession of Marijuana.  Both were taken to the LaGrange County Jail.