A tip led Plainfield police to seize nearly 30 pounds of marijuana, according to police.
Police said someone contacted them Monday and said a large amount of narcotics could be found in a Lexus SUV with New York plates that was in the area of Norwich Road at Cemetery Road in Plainfield.
Officers responded to the area and saw a vehicle matching the description leave a local business and cross over the white fog line. They also reported that several items were hanging from the rear-view mirror, obstructing the driver’s vision.
Police stopped the car in the McDonalds parking lot just after 4:30 p.m. and brought in a drug-sniffing K9 who found two duffle bags in the back of the vehicle. The combined amount of prepackaged marijuana found in them was 27.15 pounds, police said.
Authorities identified the suspects as 35-year-old Ke Wenxiang and 29-year-old Cao Yong, both of New York.
Police said Wenxiang also had a white powdered substance, which he identified as ketamine, and more than $18,000 in cash.
Both men were arrested and taken to the Plainfield Police Department.
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Wenxiang was charged with failure to maintain proper lane, traveling with an obstructed view, possession of narcotics and possession of more than a kilogram of marijuana with intent to sell. He was held on a $50,000 bond.
Yong was charged with possession of more than a kilogram of marijuana with intent to sell and he was held on a $50,000 bond.
Neither posted bond and both are scheduled to appear at the State of Connecticut Superior Court in Danielson.
