DARIEN, Connecticut -- Two Los Angeles men face drug charges in Connecticut after troopers pulled over a rental truck filled with marijuana.
Police say the U-Haul truck was stopped on Interstate 95 in Darien on Friday afternoon for a traffic violation when the trooper noticed that something didn't smell right.
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Drug sniffing dogs were called in to help and found 420 pounds of marijuana in the truck's cargo bed.
The men, 27-year-old Kevin Conrado and 23-year-old Vahe Manjikian are charged with possession of marijuana and possession of more than a kilo of marijuana with intent to sell.
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They were being held Saturday in lieu of $100,000 bonds.
State Police posted a photo on Twitter of the dogs involved in the search, with the drugs stacked behind them.
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