From the LVRJ: Authorities arrested a truck driver hauling more than 280 pounds of cocaine worth $10.9 million after he was stopped Friday in the northern part of the valley, Metro Police reported.
The High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force stopped the 18-wheel truck at 3:45 a.m. for a traffic violation while it was driving north on Interstate 15 at Craig Road, police said.
About 284 pounds of cocaine, with an estimated street value of $10.9 million, was found in the vehicle, Metro Police said. The driver, Rahul Grewal, 52, was arrested and taken to the Clark County Detention Center, police said.
Grewal faces counts of trafficking a controlled substance and transporting a controlled substance for sale, police said. His bail was set at $20,000, according to jail records.
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But a bail of $20,000?
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