105 Pounds Of Marijuana Seized After Fayette Co. Traffic Stop - KEYE TV

Over 100 pounds of marijuana was confiscated Tuesday morning by Fayette County Sheriff's Office deputies after it was discovered during a routine traffic stop. It happened at around 11 a. m. along I-10. The Sheriff's Office says a tan Ford F-150 was stopped for a minor traffic violation, but after contact with the driver and passenger were made deputies became suspicious and asked for consent to search... The Sheriff's Office says deputies found bundles of marijuana under the seats -- approximately 105 pounds, with a street value of around $55,000. The driver Erika Rodriguez, 30, from Rio Grande City, and passenger Kenneth Kent, 25, from Corpus... (Photo from the Fayette County Sheriff's Office. KEYE TV provides local news, weather forecasts and radar, traffic updates, notices of events and items of interest in the community, sports and entertainment programming for Austin and nearby towns and communities in the Central Texas Hill Country... Source: www.keyetv.com