LITTLE ROCK (10-3) 

     Officers from the Arkansas Highway Police Division of the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department have uncovered another large shipment of illegal drugs, according to AHTD Director Dan Flowers.

     On Wednesday night, October 1, 2003, at approximately 11:00 p.m., a tractor-trailer rig was stopped at the Highway Police station on Interstate 40 at West Memphis.  During an inspection of the truck, Highway Police officers discovered several bundles of marijuana weighing approximately 325 pounds, over two pounds of cocaine and more than $6,000 in cash inside suitcases located in the sleeper berth. 

     The driver was identified as Rodney White, age 43, of Memphis, Tennessee.  The co-driver was identified as Terry Ewing, age 25, also of Memphis.  It is believed that they were traveling from Commerce City, California, to McDonough, Georgia.  White and Ewing were arrested for possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver, a felony, and were booked at the Crittenden County Sheriff’s Department, where they are awaiting arraignment in West Memphis District Court. 

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