ASP seizes over 500 pounds of illegal marijuana, 2 pounds of mushrooms

LONDON — On Monday, Sept. 9, at approximately 4:20 p.m., Arkansas State Police (ASP) stopped a white 2021 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter Van on Interstate 40 near the 76-mile marker in Pope County for a traffic violation.
Troopers searched the van and uncovered multiple duffle bags stowed inside crates in the vehicle. Inside these bags, Troopers found 514 1-pound packages of illegal marijuana and approximately 2 pounds of Psilocybin mushrooms.

Troopers arrested the driver, Ismar Zubovic, 41, of Houston, Texas, and transported him to the Pope County Detention Center, where he is charged with two felony counts of Trafficking a Controlled Substance and felony Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.
Zubovic told investigators he was traveling from California to New Jersey.