STOUGHTON, MASS. (WHDH) - A 75-year-old Ashburnham man was arraigned on drug trafficking charges Thursday after authorities say they stopped him in Canton and found 150 pounds of illegal marijuana with an estimated street value of nearly half a million dollars in the back of his truck.
Irvin Ulshen was ordered held on $2,000 cash bail after being arraigned in Stoughton District Court on a charge of trafficking marijuana.
Ulshen was stopped Wednesday on Route 138 by state, local and federal investigators after police said he drove a large box truck to R&L Carriers to pick up a massive package.
After obtaining a search warrant, investigators found four waterproof cases containing more than 100 vacuum-sealed bags of pot, according to police.
“There was 103 total [bags] with a street value of $400,000, according to troopers in this report,” prosecutor John Looney told the court.
Ulshen allegedly told investigators that he was picking up a woodworking tool for his son, who made the shipment from an R&L facility in California.
Defense attorney John Gugliemi said Ulshen is a grandfather and a part-time truck driver who has “never had any involvement in the court system in 75 years.”
Ulshen is due back in court on Jan. 22 for a probable cause hearing.
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