SUMTER COUNTY, S.C. — Sumter deputies say a traffic stop on Interstate 95 uncovered 200 pounds of marijuana.
Deputies said that early Tuesday morning, a deputy saw a car traveling too close to another on I-95.
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When the deputy pulled over the car and walked toward the vehicle, he said he could smell marijuana. The man driving the car was identified as Zhiyong Che of New York. Officers said when the deputy spoke to him, Che told the deputy that he had 200 pounds of marijuana in the vehicle.
A vehicle search uncovered 224 pounds of marijuana in 224 vacuum-sealed packages.
Che was taken into custody and transported to the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office Detention Center and is awaiting a bond hearing.