YORK, Neb. (AP) — A 32-year-old Utah man who’d been arrested along Interstate 80 in Nebraska has been sent to prison for conspiring to distribute marijuana.

Stephen Scanlon, of Lehi, Utah, on Wednesday was sentenced to 2½ years in a federal prison. He’d pleaded guilty. Scanlon also must serve four years of supervised release when he leaves custody.

Authorities say Scanlon was a passenger in a car pulled over for traffic violations on Oct. 19, 2013, in York County. State troopers say they smelled marijuana in the car, and a subsequent search turned up two empty suitcases with marijuana debris and nearly $91,000 in heat-sealed bags.

Scanlon forfeited the cash as part of the criminal case. Charges against the driver were dropped.