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Traffic stop on I-57 nets 40 pounds of cocaine

Street value to be $375,000, state police say

Dwayne B. Cook

Dwayne B. Cook (Photo Provided By Kankakee County Sheriff's Department)

By Jeff Bonty

Illinois State Police confiscated 40 pounds of cocaine during a traffic stop Saturday on Interstate 57 in Kankakee County.

State Police, with the assistance of Kankakee Area Metropolitan Enforcement Group, arrested 63-year-old Dwayne B. Cook, of Spring, Texas, according to a news release.

State police said in the release that at approximately 3:24 a.m., a trooper conducted a motor carrier safety inspection on a truck tractor on I-57 northbound near mile marker 302 near Chebanse.

During a search of the vehicle, approximately 15 kilo bundles (approximately 40 pounds) of suspected cocaine were located.

State police estimated the street value to be $375,000.

Cook was arrested, and charged with controlled substance trafficking (Class X felony) and intent to deliver a controlled substance (Class X felony), state police said.

According to court records, a Kankakee County judge ordered Cook to be detained during his initial court appearance Monday.

No further information is available, state police said.

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Jeff Bonty

Jeff Bonty

Jeff Bonty has been a reporter with the Daily Journal for 38 years, splitting his time in sports and now news. He is a native of Indiana.