Large bags of marijuana seized by the DEA during a Jacksonville postulation stop. (Copyright 2021 by WJXT News4Jax - All rights reserved.)

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Two Central Florida men were arrested past week successful Jacksonville aft authorities allegedly recovered them with 240 pounds of marijuana during a postulation stop.

According to the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), Zhong Wang, 52, and “Hui Li,” 27, were pulled implicit by the Florida Highway Patrol connected Wednesday and recovered with dozens of ample bags of marijuana with a thoroughfare worth of astir $500,000.

The DEA said the 2 men had been nether surveillance and were arrested connected Dunn Avenue successful North Jacksonville. The DEA said the marijuana was transported from California to Jacksonville.

Wang is simply a Vietnamese nationalist that is surviving adjacent Orlando and Li is believed to person a fraudulent ID truthful his age, and code is presumed false, according to the DEA. They present look aggregate charges.

More arrests are expected successful the case, the DEA said.

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