Utah
Speeding ticket leads to discovery of $500K worth of marijuana, UHP says
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CEDAR CITY — One other day, one other visitors cease by the Utah Freeway Patrol for a minor infraction led to a big drug bust Thursday.
A UHP trooper pulled a car over for dashing on I-15 in Iron County simply earlier than 4 p.m. When the trooper approached the car, he seen giant duffel baggage occupying the world behind the motive force’s seat, in line with a police reserving affidavit.
“I requested the topic what was within the baggage. He appeared on the baggage, hesitated and claimed they have been his private property. Because of the topic’s story of journey and the big baggage, I requested a Ok-9 unit,” the trooper wrote within the affidavit.
The police Ok-9 arrived on the scene and after sniffing the car indicated the presence of medication. Based mostly on that possible trigger, troopers searched the duffel baggage and located 282 kilos of marijuana “with a road worth of roughly half 1,000,000 {dollars},” in line with the affidavit.
Israel Florencio Romero, 23, was arrested for investigation of possessing 100 kilos of marijuana or extra, misdemeanor drug possession and dashing.