GRIMES CO. DEPUTIES SEIZE 151 POUNDS OF MARIJUANA DURING TRAFFIC STOP

  

Grimes County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a man Thursday after they found over 150 pounds of marijuana in his vehicle.

Just after 3 a.m., deputies stopped a vehicle just south of Iola on FM 39.  The driver, 51-year-old Jerome Icasiano, told deputies he and a passenger were driving to Houston from San Diego, California.

According to the Sheriff’s Office, Icasiano looked nervous and admitted to having a handgun on his person.  After deputies secured the handgun, Icasiano gave consent for them to search his vehicle.

Shortly after the search began, deputies found several duffle bags containing multiple vacuum sealed baggies of suspected marijuana in the rear hatch.  They also found an AR-15, two ballistic vests, and a handgun that was determined to be stolen.  The suspected marijuana had a net weight of 151 pounds.

Icasiano was charged with Possession of Marijuana between 50 and 2,000 pounds, three counts of Unlawful Carrying of a Firearm, Theft of a Firearm, and Manufacture/Delivery of a Controlled Substance.