Illinois police say 74-year-old had 77 pounds of pot

— Illinois State Police say a 74-year-old Oklahoma man faces drug charges after officers seized 77 pounds of marijuana during a traffic stop.

The Belleville News-Democrat reports that officers pulled Refugio Salazar over Tuesday on Interstate 55 near Troy for improper lane usage.

Police say a trooper who searched Salazar’s vehicle found three bundles of marijuana inside a stack of plywood. Police say the marijuana is worth an estimated $350,000.

Online court records show Salazar, of Tulsa, Okla., faces felony cannabis trafficking and delivery charges.

He is being held in the Madison County Jail on $250,000 bail.

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