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OMAHA (KPTM) - A traffic stop along Interstate 80 yields two and a half million dollars worth of cocaine. Investigators say it’s the second biggest cocaine bust the state of Nebraska has ever seen.
A massive pile of cocaine hauled in Monday by the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office. “It’s the biggest one we’ve ever had and it’s one of the biggest in this area,” said Sgt. Ed Van Buren.
One hundred packages, each weighing more than two pounds, were discovered after deputies spotted a mobile home driving on the shoulder of Interstate 80 near 96th Street. “They were very nice, very cooperative, came across as a nice family,” Van Buren said.
Investigators got suspicious when the family, 54-year-old Jose Melendez, 48-year-old Virginia Melendez and 21-year-old Virginia Melendez-Ramirez, started giving different details about who they were and where they were headed.
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