Nearly 1,200 pounds of cocaine was discovered in packages inside a tractor-trailer during an inspection by an Illinois State Police trooper in Henry County.

Two Ontario men are facing charges after police in the U.S. say they seized 540 kilograms of cocaine from a tractor-trailer along Interstate 80 in Illinois.

GENESEO - The Illinois State Police (ISP) Blackhawk Area Task Force (BATF) arrested 27-year-old Vanshpreet Singh from Ontario, Canada, and 36-year-old Manpreet Singh from Ontario, Canada, for Possession of Cocaine (Class X Felony), Possession with Intent to Deliver Cocaine (Class X Felony), and Cocaine Trafficking (Class X Felony). ? ?

Two suspects, both from Ontario, Canada, were arrested during a traffic stop on Friday, according to an ISP press release.

Illinois State Police arrested two Canadians, seizing 1,146 pounds of cocaine worth $40 million from their truck.

Two men from Canada were taken into custody after Illinois State Police seized more than $40 million worth of cocaine in Geneseo on Saturday. The ISP Blackhawk Area Task Force (BATF) arrested 27-year-old Vanshpreet Singh and 36-year-old Manpreet Singh for possession of cocaine,

They don’t call it the “Great White North” for nothing. Two Canadian men were busted after smuggling over 1,100 pounds of cocaine — worth over $40 million — across the border into Illinois last week.

The Canadian men were driving a truck east on Interstate 80 in Henry County, Illinois. Police allegedly found 1,000 pounds of cocaine inside.

Illinois State Police found more than 1,100 pounds of cocaine inside a semitruck during a stop Friday on Interstate 80 in Geneseo. Two men from Canada were charged with cocaine trafficking.