An Illinois State Police trooper discovered more than 1,100 pounds of cocaine in a truck during an inspection. Also: Former Calif. fleet exec sentenced for embezzling from company, more news.

On Nov. 29, at approximately 2:10 p.m., an ISP trooper conducted a commercial motor vehicle inspection on a Volvo truck-tractor semi-trailer combination on Interstate 80 eastbound in Henry County.

CHICAGO — Illinois State Police confiscated more than $40 million worth of cocaine during an inspection of a semi-truck driving on the interstate in western Illinois, authorities announced Saturday. Two Canadian men,

HENRY CO., Ill. - Illinois State Police seized more than 1,100 pounds of cocaine from a truck in the far western part of the state on Friday. An ISP trooper inspected a Volvo truck-tractor semi-trailer on Interstate 80 in Henry County around 2:10 p.m., state police said. The trooper found the suspected cocaine.

Two suspects, both from Ontario, Canada, were arrested during a traffic stop on Friday, according to an ISP press release.

The Canadian men were driving a truck east on Interstate 80 in Henry County, Illinois. Police allegedly found 1,000 pounds of cocaine inside.

They don’t call it the “Great White North” for nothing. Two Canadian men were busted after smuggling over 1,100 pounds of cocaine — worth over $40 million — across the border into Illinois last week.

Illinois State Police found more than 1,100 pounds of cocaine inside a semitruck during a stop Friday on Interstate 80 in Geneseo. Two men from Canada were charged with cocaine trafficking.