500 Pounds of Marijuana Found in Truck Outside Indiana Walmart

A Walmart store in a file photo. (AFP/Getty Images)

Every police department in the country focuses on the detection of narcotics.

— Sgt. Tom Weger, Fishers Police Deptartment

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This week, 500 pounds of marijuana was discovered inside a U-Haul truck in Gwinnett County, Georgia. Investigators with the Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office got a tip about a suspicious vehicle and initiated a traffic stop. They later brought in a K-9 unit, finding 427 packages of marijuana in the vehicle totaling 504 pounds, according to AJC.com. The total street value of the bust is around $1.2 million.