Benjamin Yount, Metro Networks
TAYLORVILLE, IL-(EFFINGHAM RADIO)- There’s a bit less fake pot on the streets of central Illinois.
Police in Taylorville yesterday said they seized 41 packets of synthetic marijuana during a traffic stop on Monday.
Officers are not saying where the drugs were headed.
They arrested the driver of the car, but released him pending tests on the drugs.
Over 100 people have gotten sick and three people have died in Illinois from smoking synthetic marijuana in the past two months.