More than $1 million in illegal drugs bound for South Bend have been confiscated by police conducting a traffic stop in the state of Oklahoma.

Agents from the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics were investigating the delivery of the drugs from the panhandle state to Michiana and pulled over the vehicle on I-40 as it was en route. Inside the vehicle, they found 128 pounds of crystal meth and one pound of cocaine.

Agents replaced the actual narcotics with a sham substance, and then delivered the phony goods to the house in South Bend.

As police approached the home, Bradley Burns, 31, ran from the back door, jumped a fence but was apprehended by police.

Burns has been charged in federal court for conspiracy to possess a controlled substance with intent to deliver and being a felon in possession of firearms.

Two suspects in Oklahoma were also placed under arrest.

The United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana released the following information:

SOUTH BEND – The United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, Thomas L. Kirsch II, announced that Bradley Burns, age 31, of South Bend, Indiana, has been charged by criminal complaint for conspiracy to possess a controlled substance with intent to deliver and being a felon in possession of firearms.

According to documents in this case, on February 5, 2020, a criminal complaint was filed alleging that agents with the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics conducted a traffic stop on Interstate 40 near Oklahoma City.

Law enforcement found duffel bags containing 120 pounds of methamphetamine and one kilogram of heroin located in the car.

Investigators with Homeland Security Investigations determined that the narcotics were destined for a house on South Kentucky Street in South Bend and that the narcotics were to be delivered to Bradley Burns.

Agents replaced the actual narcotics with a sham substance, and then delivered the vehicle to that house.

As police approached the house, Burns ran from the back door of the house, leapt over a fence and was thereafter apprehended by police.

HSI agents obtained a search warrant for the residence and found a .38 caliber revolver, an AK-47 style rifle, an AR style rifle, a money counting machine, United States currency, receipts for money orders, a heat sealing machine, heat sealing bags, a small quantity of fentanyl, a cutting agent, and cell phones.