Driver arrested as 507 pounds of marijuana found in box truck on I-40 in Crawford County
Arkansas State Police stopped an eastbound box truck on Interstate 40 in Crawford County on 2 March 2026 and found 507 pounds of marijuana in three wooden crates. The driver, 47-year-old Armen Grigoryan of Valley, California, was booked on a felony trafficking charge.
🇺🇸 Interstate 40 near the 3-mile marker, Crawford County, Arkansas · Arkansas, United States
Arkansas State Police arrested 47-year-old Armen Grigoryan of Valley,
California, after a traffic stop on Interstate 40 in Crawford County on 2 March
2026.[1]A trooper stopped an eastbound box truck for a traffic violation
around 8 a.m. near the 3-mile marker in Crawford County.[2]
Troopers searched the cargo area and found 507 pounds of marijuana, about 230
kg, concealed inside three wooden crates.[2]The agency said the truck was
travelling from California to Memphis at the time of the stop.[2]
Officers took Grigoryan to the Crawford County Detention Center and booked him
on a felony charge of trafficking a controlled substance.[2]
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Marijuana from the 2 March 2026 box-truck seizure in Crawford County, as the Arkansas State Police captioned it. Photo: Arkansas State PolicePhoto details
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Source: Arkansas Department of Public SafetyA second agency photo of the marijuana found concealed in three wooden crates in the truck's cargo area. Photo: Arkansas State PolicePhoto details
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Source: Arkansas Department of Public SafetyA third agency photo of the 507-pound marijuana seizure on Interstate 40 in Crawford County. Photo: Arkansas State PolicePhoto details
KARK gives the driver's home as Valley, California, while the Arkansas State Police statement says Cherry Valley, California; the report does not resolve which is correct.
No street value was published for the 507 pounds.
No court appearance, charge filing or outcome was reported; NWAOnline reported no court documents filed in the case as of 3 March 2026.
The weight is the agency's figure; no independent weighing was reported.
The 3-mile marker is on Interstate 40 in Crawford County, but no town was named for the stop, so the county centre is used for the coordinates.
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