NORTH PLATTE - Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol seized around 14 pounds of pot during a traffic stop on I-80 near North Platte on Tuesday.

The NSP says troopers pulled over a truck for a license plate violation near North Platte around 8:00 Tuesday morning.

During the stop, an NSP K9 detected the odor of a controlled substance in the vehicle.

A search of the vehicle revealed 14 pounds of marijuana, drug paraphernalia, and several types of controlled pills.

The driver, 32-year-old Keith Cerney of Iowa, was arrested for possession of the drugs.