MERCED COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- The California Highway Patrol seized more than 20 pounds of cocaine worth an estimated $720,000 during a traffic stop in Merced County.
Following a traffic violation on Interstate 5, a Ford F-150 was further searched after CHP K9 Shei detected an odor of narcotics.
Officers later found the drugs in a secret compartment inside the roof of the truck.
66-year-old James Churn was arrested and later booked into the Merced County Jail.