CHICAGO — Illinois State Police confiscated more than $40 million worth of cocaine during an inspection of a semi-truck driving on the interstate in western Illinois, authorities announced Saturday. Two Canadian men,

On Nov. 29, at approximately 2:10 p.m., an ISP trooper conducted a commercial motor vehicle inspection on a Volvo truck-tractor semi-trailer combination on Interstate 80 eastbound in Henry County.

Illinois State Police arrested two Canadians, seizing 1,146 pounds of cocaine worth $40 million from their truck.

Illinois State Police arrested two Canadian residents after seizing more than 1,100 pounds of cocaine worth an estimated $40 million from a semi-trailer along Interstate 80 near the Illinois-Iowa border,

Illinois State Police say they seized more than $40 million dollars worth of cocaine during a traffic stop on Friday.

The Canadian men were driving a truck east on Interstate 80 in Henry County, Illinois. Police allegedly found 1,000 pounds of cocaine inside.

They don’t call it the “Great White North” for nothing. Two Canadian men were busted after smuggling over 1,100 pounds of cocaine — worth over $40 million — across the border into Illinois last week.

Illinois State Police found more than 1,100 pounds of cocaine inside a semitruck during a stop Friday on Interstate 80 in Geneseo. Two men from Canada were charged with cocaine trafficking.