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Early PD seizes almost 15 pounds of marijuana during traffic stop

The driver was arrested for possession of marijuana over 5 lbs., under 50 lbs., a third-degree felony and possession of controlled substance, a state jail felony.
Credit: Early Police Department

EARLY, Texas — Early Police seized almost 15 pounds of marijuana after a traffic stop early Tuesday morning.

According to a release from the Early Police Department, shortly after midnight Tuesday EPD Officer Taylor Fletcher stopped a vehicle in the 400 block of Garmon Drive.

Fletcher could smell an odor of marijuana in the vehicle. The driver admitted to having two marijuana cigarettes. Fletcher then searched the vehicle and found 14.9 lbs. of marijuana packed in a duffle bag and a vape vial containing THC.

The driver, Forrest Warren Stevens, was arrested for possession of marijuana over 5 lbs., under 50 lbs., a third-degree felony and possession of controlled substance under gram, a state jail felony. He was booked into the Brown County Jail.

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