They don’t call it the “Great White North” for nothing. Two Canadian men were busted after smuggling over 1,100 pounds of cocaine — worth over $40 million — across the border into Illinois last week.

Two Canadian men were arrested in Henry County after $40 million of cocaine was allegedly found in the back of his semi-truck by Illinois State Police. Police arrested Vanshpreet Singh, 27,

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Two people from Canada have been arrested on drug charges, after Illinois State Police seized more than $40 million worth of cocaine from a semi-trailer truck near the Iowa state line on Friday. Police said, around 2:10 p.m., a trooper conducted a vehicle inspection on a Volvo semi-trailer on Interstate 80 in Henry County.

Two people were arrested in connection to more than 1,100 pounds of suspected cocaine seized in a drug trafficking investigation.

Illinois State Police and Blackhawk Area Task Force arrested 27-year-old Vanshpreet Singh and 36-year-old Manpreet Singh, both from Ontario, Canada, for allegedly trafficking over 1,000 pounds of cocaine.

Illinois State Police arrested two Canadian residents after seizing more than 1,100 pounds of cocaine worth an estimated $40 million from a semi-trailer along Interstate 80 near the Illinois-Iowa border,

CHICAGO — Illinois State Police confiscated more than $40 million worth of cocaine during an inspection of a semi-truck driving on the interstate in western Illinois, authorities announced Saturday. Two Canadian men,

Illinois State Police found more than 1,100 pounds of cocaine inside a semitruck during a stop Friday on Interstate 80 in Geneseo. Two men from Canada were charged with cocaine trafficking.