(Kearney, NE)- An arrest for driving on a suspended license leads to the seizure of 82 ½ lbs of gift wrapped marijuana.
Just after 11.30 a.m., on Wednesday, June 15, 2011, a trooper stopped an eastbound 2011 Ford Taurus for failure to signal. The traffic stop occurred on I-80 at mm 278 near Kearney.
The driver of the vehicle, Shamall T. Fleming (M), 36, Council Bluffs, IA was found to be driving on a suspended license and was arrested. During an inventory search of the vehicle, the trooper detected an odor of marijuana coming from three gift wrapped packages in the trunk. The packages were found to contain 25 bundles containing 82 ½ lbs of marijuana.
Fleming was lodged in the Buffalo County Jail on charges to include Possession of Marijuana with Intent to Deliver.