ILLINOIS — A Wisconsin man was arrested after Illinois State Police seized nearly 100 pounds of suspected methamphetamine during a traffic stop on Interstate 74 in Bloomington.
According to the Illinois State Police, the stop occurred just before 1 p.m. on April 6 along eastbound I-74, just outside Bloomington in McLean County.
Authorities said a trooper with the agency’s Troop 5 Criminal Patrol Team conducted the stop on a passenger vehicle. A subsequent search of the vehicle revealed multiple packages of suspected methamphetamine weighing approximately 99.7 pounds.
Investigators estimate the drugs have a street value of nearly $500,000.
The driver and sole occupant of the vehicle, 25-year-old Ivan Kuckuk of Madison, was taken into custody without incident.
Officials said the case was presented to the McLean County State’s Attorney’s Office, which charged Kuckuk with methamphetamine trafficking, a Class X felony.
Kuckuk is currently being held at the McLean County Jail pending his first court appearance.
