Three Indiana men are in jail after close to 300 pounds of marijuana was discovered in the vehicle they were traveling in. According to Sweetwater County Sheriff Mike Lowell, a deputy stopped a grey Dodge van with Illinois license plates on I-80 east of Rock Springs
on Sunday morning
. The deputy’s K-9 Jara alerted to the presence of drugs and a search of the van uncovered $700 dollars in cash, a currency counting machine, and 293 pounds of marijuana. The Illinois men, 26-year-old Kyle Bolton, 61-year-old Mack Magee Jr. and 20 year-old Antres Holliness-Ransom were all arrested. The marijuana was packaged in 260 vacuum-sealed plastic bags between 10 suitcases and duffle bags. The marijuana’s street value was estimated at $1.4 million dollars.
