Just under a pound of pot confiscated at traffic stop

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        A traffic stop yesterday morning netted pot, morphine and $3600 in cash.

        Stat Police report that at 3:20 am on Tuesday morning, a 2002 Ford Ranger was stopped by Trooper Jordan Lee.  The stop too place at Hart near 12th because the truck had a defective license plate light. 

        An odor of marijuana was detected by the trooper and a search turned up 435 grams of marijuana. That is just under a pound of pot.  Also found were 10 morphine pills and the cash. 

       29-year-old Demencio Canchola of Vincennes was arrested for Possession and Dealing Marijuana, Possession of a Schedule 2 Controlled Substance and a Maintaining a Common Nuisance.

 

 

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