Over 1,000 Pounds of Marijuana Discovered During Indiana Traffic Stop
Staff Report
CLINTON COUNTY, IN - Yesterday at approximately 7:20 p.m, Indiana State Police stopped a pickup truck for a traffic violation on I-65 southbound near the 157 mile marker and located over 1,000 pounds of suspected marijuana in the bed of the pickup.
Preliminary investigation revealed the white 2009 Chevrolet Silverado extended cab pickup driven by Johnny Mark Russell, 34 years old from Beech Grove, IN, was stopped for a minor traffic violation. While talking separately to the driver and the passenger, Armando Herrera, 20 years old from Indianapolis, IN, their stories were not matching up.
The troopers became suspicious and requested a K-9 officer. The dog alerted on the truck and consent was given by the occupants and over 1,000 pounds of suspected marijuana was found under the tarp that covered the bed of the truck. The suspected marijuana was wrapped in 43 cellophane bundles. The street value of one pound of marijuana is approximately $1,000.00 with the total price of the marijuana being approximately $1,000,000.00. The investigation is continuing.
Both Russell and Herrera were taken to Clinton County Jail and charged with Possession of Marijuana over 10 pounds a Class D Felony and Dealing Marijuana over 10 pounds a Class C Felony. Bond for each suspect is $22,000.00. Assisting at the scene were troopers from the Lafayette Post and the Indianapolis Post.
All suspects are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Sad sad shame, don't they
Sad sad shame, don't they see "US Govt" that prohibition does not work? It will keep on flowing in and paying the cartels instead of legalizing and taxing it and benefiting from it in many ways one could not imagine. Marijuana Prohibition does not work and will not work. Countless lives have been ruined because of this prohibition non sense. By the way, Connecticut is the 17th state that just passed legalizing marijuana on June 1st, 2012. NY is about to fully decriminalize it. New York Governor Cuomo: We Need To Fully Decriminalize Marijuana Possession. These two inmates will occupy cells that which could be used for real crimes like murder, rape, real drug traffickers that deal drugs that kill people, coc, herion, bombs aka extacy/mdma. Marijuana has never killed or hurt anyone. Marijuana is an all-in-one medicine for a lot of conditions from PTSD for soldiers that come back from the war to depression, ADD, Bi-Polar, cancer, to many conditions to list that marijuana eases and helps. Marijuana prohibition needs to end. Did it work for alcohol? No. And alcohol kills more everyday. Same thing goes for narcotic pills that govt allows to be distributed that ruin lives of our families and friends. Email your Indiana Representative to end marijuana prohibition. http://capwiz.com/norml2/state/main/?state=IN Also to follow up on valuable information for the ones that the govt has brainwashed into that marijuana is bad for you, continue to the following link to self educate. http://norml.org/
Legalize Marijuana.
Only we the people together can get marijuana legalized.
An Indiana resident signing off.