LILisa
11-08-2007, 08:16 AM
Nearly $5 Million in Marijuana Seized
Police in Hickory uncovered a little more than a ton of marijuana worth almost $5 million.
The drugs were found after a woman reported that a tractor trailer had backed into her bushes.
A K-9 unit responded and the police dog found the pot in boxes of oranges and other fruits.
Police arrested the driver, Santana Arrendono, and charged him with trafficking marijuana.
The Texas man is being held in the Catawba County jail under a $200,000 bond.
WBTV Reporter Kristen Hampton spoke with the woman who helped cops arrest this man. Press "PLAY" to see this story.
http://www.wbtv.com/news/topstories/11082506.html
My parents reported that at the end of the report they saw, the reporter said the truck was from mexico.
Police in Hickory uncovered a little more than a ton of marijuana worth almost $5 million.
The drugs were found after a woman reported that a tractor trailer had backed into her bushes.
A K-9 unit responded and the police dog found the pot in boxes of oranges and other fruits.
Police arrested the driver, Santana Arrendono, and charged him with trafficking marijuana.
The Texas man is being held in the Catawba County jail under a $200,000 bond.
WBTV Reporter Kristen Hampton spoke with the woman who helped cops arrest this man. Press "PLAY" to see this story.
http://www.wbtv.com/news/topstories/11082506.html
My parents reported that at the end of the report they saw, the reporter said the truck was from mexico.