Traffic stop in South Pasadena finds 3 lb of marijuana and $116,000
A South Pasadena officer who stopped a driver for a broken tail light before dawn on 9 July 2019 found almost three pounds of marijuana and $116,000 in cash in the car's trunk. Police jailed the 30-year-old Los Angeles man on suspicion of transporting marijuana for sale and later seized marijuana and firearms at his home.
🇺🇸 1100 block of Huntington Drive, South Pasadena, California · California, United States
A South Pasadena police officer stopped a driver in the 1100 block of Huntington
Drive at about 1 a.m. on 9 July 2019 after noticing a broken tail light.[1]Approaching the car, the officer smelled burnt marijuana, and the driver, the
only person inside, admitted he had been smoking marijuana while driving.[1]The driver told officers there were “a few pounds” of marijuana in the trunk,
and with his consent they opened it.[1]
South Pasadena Police Cpl. Craig Phillips said officers found almost three
pounds of marijuana and $116,000 in cash in the trunk, which the man could not
explain.[1]The man, a 30-year-old Los Angeles resident whose name police did
not release, was taken to the police station jail.[1]Officers later searched
his home under a warrant and seized “large amounts of marijuana and firearms”.[1]
Phillips said the man was facing multiple possible felony charges.[1]SGVCityWatch reported that the vehicle was stopped at about 1 a.m. in the 1100
block of Huntington Drive and that the driver was booked on suspicion of
illegally transporting marijuana for sale.[2]The same account said officers
found large amounts of marijuana and illegal firearms in the home.[2]
Photos and video
A South Pasadena Police Department photo of the scene of the early-morning traffic stop that led to the marijuana and cash seizure. Photo: South Pasadena Police DepartmentPhoto details
The weight of the marijuana seized at the man's home was not published, so the recorded kg_seized covers only the almost three pounds found in the car's trunk.
The driver was arrested on suspicion of transporting marijuana for sale, and police reported only possible felony charges, so no filed charge count is recorded.
No court outcome or name for the arrested man was published.
The exact address of the home searched under warrant was not published.
No value for the seized marijuana was published, only the $116,000 in cash.
The page's photo is credited to the South Pasadena Police Department and captioned as the scene of the traffic stop.
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