RICHFIELD: The Ohio State Highway Patrol says it seized 2,080 Oxycodone pills worth $68,000 during a traffic stop last week on the Ohio Turnpike.
Authorities, who announced the bust Wednesday, said they stopped an eastbound, rented 2017 Cadillac XTS with an Illinois registration for a lane violation at 3:18 p.m. May 2.
The pills were discovered concealed within the spare tire compartment thanks to a drug-sniffing canine, the patrol said.
Driver Shirnina M. Bates, 35, and passenger Zevon R. McCurdy, 38, both from Detroit, Mich., have been charged with possession and trafficking in a schedule II controlled substance, both first-degree felonies.