AURORA - Police say a 33-year-old man from Mexico is facing drug charges Friday after police seized more than $2.5 million in marijuana from a semitrailer in Aurora this week.

Fernando Velaczo-Rodriguez is being held at the Kane County Correctional Center in lieu of $150,000 bond.

He was arrested during a stake out Tuesday when police saw people loading crates full of 2,580 pounds of marijuana into a truck.

Five other men who were arrested during the stakeout have been released without charges.

Authorities say they believe the haul was part of a shipment tied to a large Mexican drug trafficking operation.