FAYETTE CO. DRUG UNITS CONFISCATE OVER 200 LBS OF MARIJUANA
A Laredo man was arrested in Fayette County, possessing over 200 lbs of marijuana.
Thursday morning, at about 10:15 a.m., Sergeant Randy Thumann and his K-9 Lobos conducted a traffic stop on I-10 Eastbound, near Flatonia.
After consent was given to search the vehicle, Lobos was alerted to the auxiliary fuel tank on the bed of the truck. Thumann, along with Investigator David Smith, found approximately 240 lbs of marijuana inside a compartment in the fuel tank.
(Fayette Co. Jail)
The driver, 40-year-old Omar Alejandro Delafuente of Laredo, was arrested and taken to the Dan R. Beck Justice Center, on charges of Possession of Marijuana. Estimated street value of the contraband was $120,000.