A Michigan driver following too closely to the car ahead was arrested after troopers said they found five pounds of marijuana inside his car.
When troopers stopped the car around 9:30 p.m. Feb. 16 on Interstate 75 in Miami County, they became suspicious and brought a drug-sniffing K-9, which alerted to the vehicle. A search yielded five vacuum-sealed bags of hydroponic pot in a suitcase in the trunk, troopers said. The marijuana had a street value of $13,750, OSP said. In hydroponic systems, the marijuana is grown in a mixture of water and nutrients that directly feeds the roots.