Over $60,000 in drugs seized on I-77 | Crime

STATESVILLE, NC (WBTV) - More than $60,000 in cocaine was found in a van on Interstate 77 Friday.

Lesepth McDonald Foster, 45, of Hollywood, Florida, was arrested and charged for trafficking cocaine by possession and transportation and felony possession of marijuana, according to a news release from the Iredell County Sheriff's Office.

Deputies stopped Foster in his 2011 Chrysler van for speeding and failing to maintain a single lane of travel on I-77 northbound.

During the course of the search deputies located approximately 440 grams of cocaine  with a street values of $66,000.00 and 184 grams of marijuana with a street value of $920, according to the release. 

Foster is presently being held in the Iredell County Detention Center under a secure bond. 

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