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At the corner of Broad and 360 a semi was pulled over by a Mansfield police officer. They found 837lbs of marijuana in a false door.
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By Amanda Rogers
arogers@mansfieldnewsmirror.com
MANSFIELD -- A tractor-trailer stopped for a commercial inspection Wednesday yielded a surprise: 837 pounds of marijuana hidden behind a false wall, police said.
Authorities estimated the street value of the drugs at up to $700,000.
The 18-wheeler had been heading south on Texas 360, but had turned west on East Broad Street about 2 p.m. when Sgt. Ken Hopkins of the Mansfield Police Department's commercial vehicle enforcement unit stopped it, said Police Chief Gary Fowler.
Hopkins ordered the truck to pull over in the parking lot of Mansfield High School, Fowler said.
After questioning the driver, Hopkins became suspicious and called for a canine unit, and the dogs alerted officers to the presence of the drugs, according to undercover narcotics officers. Mansfield detectives assigned to the Tarrant County Narcotics Unit then discovered dozens of bound bales of marijuana hidden behind a wall, Fowler said.
One person was arrested on suspicion of possession of marijuana between 500 and 1,500 pounds, but police have not released the suspect's name. The tractor-trailer and marijuana were impounded, and the investigation is ongoing, police said.
Amanda Rogers, (817) 473-4451
Read more: http://www.star-telegram.com/2011/08...#ixzz1Ujo1PEQS
arogers@mansfieldnewsmirror.com
MANSFIELD -- A tractor-trailer stopped for a commercial inspection Wednesday yielded a surprise: 837 pounds of marijuana hidden behind a false wall, police said.
Authorities estimated the street value of the drugs at up to $700,000.
The 18-wheeler had been heading south on Texas 360, but had turned west on East Broad Street about 2 p.m. when Sgt. Ken Hopkins of the Mansfield Police Department's commercial vehicle enforcement unit stopped it, said Police Chief Gary Fowler.
Hopkins ordered the truck to pull over in the parking lot of Mansfield High School, Fowler said.
After questioning the driver, Hopkins became suspicious and called for a canine unit, and the dogs alerted officers to the presence of the drugs, according to undercover narcotics officers. Mansfield detectives assigned to the Tarrant County Narcotics Unit then discovered dozens of bound bales of marijuana hidden behind a wall, Fowler said.
One person was arrested on suspicion of possession of marijuana between 500 and 1,500 pounds, but police have not released the suspect's name. The tractor-trailer and marijuana were impounded, and the investigation is ongoing, police said.
Amanda Rogers, (817) 473-4451
Read more: http://www.star-telegram.com/2011/08...#ixzz1Ujo1PEQS
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