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Pair Arrested In Wise County With 677 Pounds Of Marijuana

A man and woman traveling from California were arrested Sunday in Wise County after being caught with more than $2 million dollars in marijuana, said Wise County Sheriff Lane Akin. 

A sheriff's deputy spotted the couple's motor home swerving across the center and shoulder stripes along Texas 114 near U.S. 287 in Rhome.

The deputy conducted a traffic stop around 4:00 p.m. and discovered the marijuana inside, said Akin. 

Deputies recovered 677 pounds of pot, worth about $2.3 million, Akin said. 

David Kwan, 59, and Cuixin Chen, 45, of Gardena, California were arrested and booked into the Wise County Jail. 

They are being held on a marijuana possession charge and their bail has been set at $35,000 each. 

California pair had $2.3M worth of marijuana in motor home when deputy pulled them over in Wise County
A man and woman road-tripping from California were stopped Sunday in Wise County with more than $2 million worth of marijuana in their motor home, Sheriff Lane Akin said. 
A sheriff's deputy saw the motor home swerving across the center and shoulder stripes. The deputy conducted a traffic stop about 4 p.m. on Texas 114 near U.S. 287 in Rhome and found the marijuana inside, Akin said. 
In all, 677 pounds of marijuana worth $2.3 million was seized. 
David Kwan, 59, and Cuixin Chen, 45, both from Gardena, Calif. were arrested. They were booked Monday into the Wise County Jail on a marijuana possession charge. Bail has been set at $35,000 for each of them. 
 
David Kwan, 59, and Cuixin Chen, 45, both from Gardena, Calif. were arrested Sunday and booked Monday into the Wise County Jail on a marijuana possession charge
Their relationship to each other was not available. The pair told officials they were traveling to Dallas, Akin said.
"I would strongly suspect it was illegally obtained in California and certainly illegally transported to ... Texas," he said.
Samples of the marijuana will be sent to a lab for analysis and the rest will be kept in Wise County until an order is given to destroy it.
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