FAYETTEVILLE: Fayette County deputies have seized 177 pounds of marijuana after a traffic stop led to the discovery of 15 bundles of marijuana hidden in the trunk of a car.
Deputies found the suspected drugs after pulling a car over on Interstate 10 east of Flatonia on Friday for an unspecified traffic violation, according to the Fayette County sheriff’s office.
As a deputy spoke with the driver, a 42-year-old man identified as Javier Rodriguez of Zapata, the officer observed “criminal indicators” that led him to ask for consent to search the car, the sheriff’s office said.
Another deputy and the agency’s canine drug dog, Lobos, alerted officers to the trunk of the car, the sheriff’s office said. Inside, police found the suspected marijuana.
Rodriguez was arrested and charged with possession of marijuana.
Lobos and his handler, deputy Randy Thumann, have seized large quantities of suspected drugs valued in the millions in the past several months.
