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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Cumberland County, PA) Two people from New Jersey are now facing charges after police said over $3 million worth of marijuana was found in their van during a traffic stop on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. 

According to Pennsylvania State Police, troopers pulled over a Ram 3500 van on Interstate 76 West in Lower Mifflin Township in Cumberland County, around 9 p.m. on July 9th because it was going 99 mph in a 70 mph zone.

Police confirm that the driver, 19-year-old Yackov Bitan of Lakewood, New Jersey, was not licensed to drive a vehicle.  

After searching the vehicle, troopers affirmed they learned the van was hauling more than 700 pounds of marijuana and 200 THC vape cartridges and state police affirm that overall, the drugs had a street value of over $3.3 million. 

Police also stated that the drugs were seized and Bitan and his passenger, 34-year-old Yosef Marchette of Toms River, New Jersey, were arrested. 

Both Bitan and Marchette received a charge of possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver and police note that they have been arraigned, and their bail was set at $500,000.

The duo is in the Cumberland County Jail pending a preliminary hearing.