Two arrested following traffic stop on I-80

Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol have arrested two people after locating more than 130 pounds of marijuana and a loaded handgun during a traffic stop on Interstate 80.

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (KLKN) – On Friday afternoon, around 1:50pm , a trooper with the Nebraska State Patrol observed an eastbound Mitsubishi Outlander following another vehicle too closely on Interstate 80 near Aurora.

During the traffic stop, the trooper detected the odor of marijuana coming from inside the vehicle.

After searching the vehicle, the trooper found 132 pounds of marijuana in several duffel bags in the rear of the vehicle and a loaded handgun in the passenger door compartment.

Both the driver, Darius Rice, 24, and passenger, Alexus Webber, 21, of Columbia, South Carolina, were arrested for possession of marijuana – more than one pound, possession with intent to deliver, no drug tax stamp, and possession of a firearm during a drug violation.