Article: TENNESSEE HIGHWAY PATROL TROOPER STOPS 18-WHEELER IN JEFFERSON COUNTY

The Tennessee Department of Safety issued the following news release:

A Tennessee State Trooper stopped an 18-wheeler on I-40 Sunday afternoon in Jefferson County and ended up seizing 63 kilos of cocaine.

On January 13th at approximately 3:40 p.m., Trooper Mark Self, stopped a 2005 Freightliner for speeding 85 in a 55 mile per hour zone on I-40 east bound at the mile marker 419 rest area. Upon stopping the suspect vehicle, Trooper Self asked the driver for his commercial license, log book and medical card and what type of load he was hauling. The driver indicated he was hauling produce to Bronx, New York. An examination of the driver's log book revealed two shipments from California and a ...

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