Texas DPS Trooper Seizes More than 360 Pounds of Marijuana in Texas Panhandle
A Texas DPS trooper seized a hefty amount of marijuana in the Texas Panhandle earlier this week.
Just before 11 a.m. Monday, a trooper stopped a 2006 Cadillac DTS heading eastbound on Interstate 40, near Conway in Carson County.
During a search of the vehicle, the trooper found 15 bundles of marijuana in the trunk of the vehicle weighing more than 360 pounds.
The occupants of the vehicle were 24-year-old Ashley N. Kubatzke and 25-year-old Bradley T. Monson, both of Rockford, Illinois.
The drugs were reportedly being transported from Tucson, Arizona to Rockford, Illinois.
The seized marijuana is valued at nearly $164,000.