December 11, 2025

Arkansas State Police (ASP) Troopers made three major drug and currency seizures along Interstate 40 in the past week, resulting in two arrests and the confiscation of more than 850 pounds of illegal marijuana and nearly $200,000 in cash.

On Friday, December 5, 2025, at approximately 12:15 p.m., an ASP Trooper stopped a 2016 tractor-trailer eastbound near the 6-mile marker in Crawford County for a traffic violation. A search of the trailer revealed 12 large cardboard boxes and five large trash bags containing high-grade illicit marijuana with a total weight of 724 pounds.

Troopers arrested the driver, Zaida Sherif Juhar, 35, of Atlanta, Georgia, who was transported to the Crawford County Detention Center and booked on felony charges of Trafficking a Controlled Substance. Juhar told investigators he was traveling from Elk Grove, California, to Henrico, Virginia.

Later that afternoon, around 2 p.m., Troopers stopped a second tractor-trailer traveling westbound on I-40 near Morrilton, also for a traffic violation. A search of the truck and trailer led to the discovery of $195,925 in U.S. currency concealed in the sleeper portion of the cab. The driver of the second semi was related to Juhar. The cash was seized as part of the continuing investigation.

Earlier in the week, on Tuesday, December 2, 2025, around 10 a.m., an ASP Trooper stopped a 2025 passenger vehicle for a traffic violation eastbound on I-40 near the 190-mile marker in Prairie County, close to Hazen. A search of the vehicle resulted in the discovery multiple trash bags containing 128 pounds of illegal marijuana in vacuum sealed packages.

Troopers arrested Xin Wang Huang, 43, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who was taken to the Prairie County Detention Center and booked on felony charges of Possession of a Controlled Substance with the Purpose to Deliver and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.

Huang told investigators he was traveling from Oklahoma City to Memphis.