Authorities say a father from Vancouver and his adult son have been arrested after deputies found drugs, mostly marijuana, worth more than $1 million in their pickup truck during an interstate traffic stop in North Dakota.
The Morton County Sheriff’s Office said in a release that Robert Earl Smith, 53, and his son, Christopher Conkey, 24, of Grants Pass, Ore., were stopped on Interstate 94 near Mandan, N.D., on Sunday morning.
The sheriff’s office said the men were arrested about 10 a.m., following a search of their truck prompted by what was described as suspicious behavior.
It started as a routine traffic stop. Conkey, who was driving, told a deputy they were hauling Super Bowl gear to Minneapolis. The deputy asked to search the truck, but the men refused. The father and son denied having anything illegal in the truck, the sheriff’s office said.