Authorities said they seized 550 pounds of marijuana from a railroad car Tuesday in south Arkansas.
The seizure came two days after an individual reported to the Camden Police Department that three males were on top of a 30,000-gallon tank car on the Union Pacific railroad tracks near Ritchie Street in northeast Camden, the agency wrote on Facebook. A second caller reported Monday that a male was driving around in the same area.
Officers responded and found some rope and tools that had been used to enter the car, police wrote.
Once the drugs were discovered, the Camden Fire Department tested the air quality and found the presence of highly explosive vapors from the gasoline that was previously carried inside the tank, the agency said in a news release.
Firefighters wearing protective suits entered the car from a 20-inch opening at the top and found 22 bundles of marijuana weighing about 25 pounds each inside the tank, the release states.
The operation took about two-and-a-half hours Tuesday afternoon.
The drugs, which had gas residue on the packaging, were moved to an undisclosed location, according to the Police Department's Facebook post.
Police Chief Boyd Woody said Wednesday that no arrests have been made.
