Nearly 1,200 pounds of cocaine was discovered in packages inside a tractor-trailer during an inspection by an Illinois State Police trooper in Henry County.

Two suspects, both from Ontario, Canada, were arrested during a traffic stop on Friday, according to an ISP press release.

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Two people from Canada have been arrested on drug charges, after Illinois State Police seized more than $40 million worth of cocaine from a semi-trailer truck near the Iowa state line on Friday. Police said, around 2:10 p.m., a trooper conducted a vehicle inspection on a Volvo semi-trailer on Interstate 80 in Henry County.

Everything was going smoothly on Interstate 80 last Friday until police officers found over 1,100 pounds of cocaine inside a semi-truck. The truckers are currently behind bars as the investigation continues.

Illinois State Police arrested two Canadian residents after seizing more than 1,100 pounds of cocaine worth an estimated $40 million from a semi-trailer along Interstate 80 near the Illinois-Iowa border,

Illinois State Police seized over $40 million worth of cocaine from a semi-trailer near the Iowa state line, arresting two Indian-origin Canadians.

CHICAGO — Illinois State Police confiscated more than $40 million worth of cocaine during an inspection of a semi-truck driving on the interstate in western Illinois, authorities announced Saturday. Two Canadian men,

The Canadian men were driving a truck east on Interstate 80 in Henry County, Illinois. Police allegedly found 1,000 pounds of cocaine inside.

Illinois State Police found more than 1,100 pounds of cocaine inside a semitruck during a stop Friday on Interstate 80 in Geneseo. Two men from Canada were charged with cocaine trafficking.

They don’t call it the “Great White North” for nothing. Two Canadian men were busted after smuggling over 1,100 pounds of cocaine — worth over $40 million — across the border into Illinois last week.