An Illinois man may be spending his Christmas in the Lincoln County Detention Center after he was busted with weed on Interstate 80 near North Platte.

According to the Nebraska State Patrol, a Trooper conducted a traffic stop on a speeding 2013 Ford Escape just after Noon on Sunday at the east North Platte exit.

The Trooper made contact with the driver, 52-year-old Napoleon Griffin of Cahokio, Ill.

As the Trooper spoke to Griffin, he smelled what he suspected was marijuana inside the vehicle.

Consent was given to search the vehicle, and Troopers soon found 10.6 pounds of weed inside a suitcase in the trunk.

Griffin was arrested on charges of possession of marijuana with intent to deliver and possession of more than one pound of marijuana.

He was jailed at the Lincoln County Detention Center.