The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) seized over $782,000 in marijuana Wednesday.

At approximately 11:28 a.m., a DPS trooper stopped a 2015 Ford Expedition for a traffic violation on IH-40 near Wildorado, in Potter County.  During the traffic stop, the trooper conducted a search of the vehicle and discovered several vacuum-sealed packages of marijuana inside luggage in the rear area of the vehicle.  The marijuana weighed 129 pounds.

The driver, identified as James Wright, 36, of Laguna Hills, Calif., was arrested, booked into the Potter County jail and charged with felony possession of marijuana. 

The illegal drugs were allegedly being transported from Los Angeles to Charlotte, N.C.

(Press release from Texas Department of Public Safety)