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Area law enforcement seized more than 300 pounds of marijuana and made three arrests in separate traffic stops on Interstate 80 Saturday, authorities said.

Around 1:15 p.m., Lancaster County Sheriff's deputies seized 105 pounds of marijuana and arrested two people on suspicion of drug charges near the U.S. 77 exit, Sheriff Terry Wagner said Monday.

Yovani Osuma and Eva Quintero, both of California, were pulled over in a 2008 Volvo XC-90 for following too closely, Wagner said.

They allowed deputies to search their SUV and they found the marijuana in two black duffel bags, Wagner said.

Quintero and Osuma were arrested on suspicion of possession of marijuana with intent to deliver.

The marijuana seized has a street value of about $500,000, Wagner said.

Around 3:30 p.m. a Nebraska State Patrol trooper stopped an eastbound 2003 Ford F350 utility truck for speeding, failure to signal and following too close, State Patrol spokeswoman Deb Collins said in a news release.

The trooper was given consent to search the vehicle and found 198 pounds of marijuana in 77 individual packages contained within the truck's two side compartments, Collins said.

The trucks' lone occupant, Jonathan C. Snyder, 44 of Jacksonville, Florida, was taken to the Seward County jail on suspicion of possession of marijuana with the intent to deliver.

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