RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) - A South Dakota Highway Patrol trooper and his drug-sniffing dog seized nearly 100 pounds of marijuana in two unrelated traffic stops east of Box Elder.

The Rapid City Journal reports (http://bit.ly/XOhRL4 ) that two people from Mariposa, Calif., were arrested after the trooper discovered 57 pounds of marijuana as well as some hashish in their vehicle on Dec. 5

Three days later, the trooper stopped a couple from Milwaukee and found 41 pounds of marijuana in their van.