June 6, 2024
VAN BUREN, Ark. — On Wednesday, June 5, 2024, around 2 p.m., Arkansas State Police (ASP) stopped a rented 2023 white Kia Soul near the 2-mile marker on Interstate 40 Eastbound in Crawford County for a traffic violation.
During a search of the vehicle, Troopers discovered 22 pounds of illegal marijuana inside vacuum-sealed bags, approximately three pounds of psilocybin mushrooms, 2,400 THC vape cartridges, and five pounds of THC concentrate.
Troopers arrested the driver, Benjamin Joyner, 25, of Bowling Green, Kentucky, and transported him to the Crawford County Detention Center, where he is being held on felony charges of Trafficking a Controlled Substance, Possession with Purpose to Deliver, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.
Joyner told investigators he was traveling from Los Angeles, California, to Kentucky.