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TRI-Dent stop leads to cocaine arrest in Bureau County

I-80 – Studstill Media File Photo

PRINCETON – A Massachusetts man is facing felony cocaine charges after being stopped on I-80 in Bureau County.  On Thursday the Tri-County Drug Enforcement Narcotics Team say they stopped a vehicle driven by 30-year-old Brendan R. Johnson of Centerville, Massachusetts for allegedly speeding.   During the stop the TRIDENT K9 was deployed and reportedly indicated the presence of narcotic odors.  Agents conducted a search allegedly found four vacuum sealed packages of a white substance purported to contain around 9 lbs of cocaine.  Johnson was charged with Unlawful Possession of a Controlled Substance with the Intent to Deliver – over 900 grams, a Class X Felony.  He was transported to the Bureau County Jail.  TRI-Dent consists of LaSalle, Streator, Princeton, Oglesby, Mendota, and Ottawa Police Departments along with LaSalle, Bureau and Putnam County Sheriff’s Offices.

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