1,240 pounds of marijuana found in tractor-trailer at Kearney weigh station

The Missouri State Highway Patrol confiscated 1,240 pounds of marijuana from a tractor-trailer stopped along Interstate 35 at the Kearney weigh station yesterday. That weighs as much as two-and-a-half Andre the Giants.

Authorities became suspicious when the semi’s driver, 55-year-old Alfonso

R. Perez, gave “inconsistent statements.” Perez, who is from Los Angeles, California, agreed to let them

search the truck, which led to the weed find.