News (Media Awareness Project) - US AR: 400 Pounds Of 'Pot' Found In Rig On I-40 |
| Title: | US AR: 400 Pounds Of 'Pot' Found In Rig On I-40 |
| Published On: | 2001-03-23 |
| Source: | Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (AR) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-01-26 20:43:27 |
400 POUNDS OF 'POT' FOUND IN RIG ON I-40
A commercial vehicle inspection by police at an Interstate 40 weigh station
Thursday turned up nearly 400 pounds of marijuana.
Arkansas Highway Police said an inspection of a tractor-trailer rig at the
Lehi weigh station near West Memphis uncovered the marijuana in 12
cardboard boxes among a load of produce.
The driver of the truck -- Howard Robinson, 26, of Decatur, Ala. -- was
arrested on felony drug charges and suspected violations of motor-carrier
safety regulations, police said. Robinson is being held at the Crittenden
County jail.
Police said Robinson, a driver for Tough Luck Trucking of Oklahoma, was
heading to Oxnard, Calif., from South Plainfield, N.J. Arkansas Highway
Police have seized more than 2,000 pounds of marijuana during 2001.
A commercial vehicle inspection by police at an Interstate 40 weigh station
Thursday turned up nearly 400 pounds of marijuana.
Arkansas Highway Police said an inspection of a tractor-trailer rig at the
Lehi weigh station near West Memphis uncovered the marijuana in 12
cardboard boxes among a load of produce.
The driver of the truck -- Howard Robinson, 26, of Decatur, Ala. -- was
arrested on felony drug charges and suspected violations of motor-carrier
safety regulations, police said. Robinson is being held at the Crittenden
County jail.
Police said Robinson, a driver for Tough Luck Trucking of Oklahoma, was
heading to Oxnard, Calif., from South Plainfield, N.J. Arkansas Highway
Police have seized more than 2,000 pounds of marijuana during 2001.
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