PUTNAM COUNTY, Ind – Around 7:30 Wednesday a tractor-trailer traveling eastbound on Interstate 70 was stopped for a routine commercial vehicle inspection near the 41 mile marker.

During the inspection process the Trooper noticed several criminal indicators.

A search of the trailer yielded 260 pounds of hydroponic marijuana concealed within the legitimate load of fresh lettuce. The lettuce was being transported from Colorado to Florida.

The street value of an amount this size is estimated at $1,000,000. The driver and co-driver were taken into custody and incarcerated in the Putnam County Jail.

33 year old Jorge Blanco-Diaz, of Miami, Florida and 40 year old Adan Lavanino Delacruz of Cutler Bay, Florida are both charged with dealing marijuana.