A bit of a haul

Local police made a bit of a haul today -- from local station KGMI:

Deputies Seize 72 Pounds of Cocaine During Traffic Stop
A big drug bust occurred as the Whatcom County Sheriff and Prosecutor were talking to the national drug czar about crime at the northern border.

Sheriff Bill Elfo and prosecutor Dave McEachran met Friday with Gil Kerlikowske, director of Office of National Drug Control Policy, and told him that Whatcom County is impacted by criminal organizations engaged in weapons and drug trafficking.

�For the past three years, the federal government has provided nearly $3-million to the Sheriff�s Office and local police departments through Operation Stonegarden to help prevent and respond to border-related crime,� said Sheriff Elfo, �and we�re very, very concerned that that funding is now in jeopardy of being wholly diverted to crime at the southern border.�

Elfo says, ironically, while the meeting was taking place, deputies stopped a car on I-5 near Old Fairhaven Parkway.

�And after the driver acted suspiciously, the detective summoned our K-9 detection dog to the scene,� he said.

He says they found more than 72-pounds of cocaine worth about $1-million.

A Surrey, British Columbia man was arrested.

Surprised this wasn't found at the border -- they certainly ream me a new one whenever I cross through. 72 pounds would be a sizable volume to conceal - guessing a cubic foot or two.