Two charged after 105 lb marijuana seizure on I-55 in Madison
Madison police seized about 103 pounds of marijuana from a car stopped on I-55 and two more pounds at linked Grenada addresses. The two occupants were arrested and charged in Madison with trafficking of a controlled substance.
🇺🇸 Interstate 55 near mile marker 109, Madison, Mississippi · Mississippi, United States
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Just after 1 a.m. on Monday, a Rankin/Madison Interdiction Unit officer stopped
a vehicle for careless driving on I-55 northbound near mile marker 109 in
Madison.[1]The officer said the odor of marijuana was coming from the
vehicle.[2]After the K-9 alert, approximately 103 pounds of marijuana was
found inside the car occupied by Lanekia Michelle Brown and Marcus Anthony
Redrick.[1]The car was occupied by Lanekia Michelle Brown of Grenada and
Marcus Anthony Redrick of Hutchins, Texas, and both were arrested.[2]
Redrick and Brown are both being charged in Madison with trafficking of a
controlled substance and were held without bond pending an initial appearance in
Madison Municipal Court.[1]Madison narcotics investigators coordinated with
Grenada investigators after it was determined the marijuana was destined for
Grenada.[2]Agents with the city of Grenada and the Mississippi Bureau of
Narcotics executed search warrants at Brown’s locations, where an additional two
pounds of marijuana was found with packaging material and scales used for
distribution.[2]
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Seized marijuana from the Madison I-55 traffic stop. Source: Madison Police DepartmentPhoto details
Both sources give the vehicle weight as approximately 103 pounds and the follow-up weight as two pounds, so the 105-pound total and 47.63 kg conversion are approximate sums.
Later coverage reports that Lanekia Brown died in the Madison County jail in December 2018 while held on this charge; that custodial death is a separate event left out of this report.
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