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Lebanon County traffic stop yields 2-3 tons of marijuana

State police say they may have made the biggest drug bust in Pennsylvania's history over the weekend after pulling over a truck loaded with between two and three tons of marijuana.

State Police Maj. Huascar Rivera said troopers pulled over a tractor-trailer Sunday in Lebanon County after it failed to stop at a weigh station on Interstate 81. Rivera said police found six plywood crates containing between 4,000 and 6,000 pounds of marijuana hidden behind other boxes.

He said the drugs have a street value between $10 million and $25 million.

Charges were filed against the truck driver, Eric Emmanuel, 35, of Pembroke Pines, Fla., and his passenger, Stanley Narcisse, 34, of Wintergarden, Fla.