44 pounds of cocaine found in I-40 traffic stop in Tennesse.

The Knox County Tennessee Sheriff’s Office was checking commercial vehicles along interstate I-40 when a traffic stop was conducted on a tractor trailer for speeding.

After Detectives stopped the truck driver near the eastbound truck scales on I-40 in west Knox County they saw signs tipping them off to drug trafficking while talking to the driver.

A K-9 was brought in who also alerted to the smell of drugs where a search of the back of the truck was conducted which led to Detectives finding 44 pounds of suspected cocaine

The truck driver was taken into custody and charged drug trafficking.

At this time the suspects name hasn't been released by the sheriff's Office, and the suspect has only been identified as "an adult male."