April 12, 2016
By Paul Joseph, Paragon Communications News Director –
Texas Department of Public Safety Troopers have been busy arresting area drug traffickers along the interstate.
Troopers seized over $151,000 in marijuana Sunday just before noon in the latest bust.
At approximately 11:43 a.m., a trooper stopped a 2007 Toyota Avalon for a traffic violation on Interstate 40 near Conway, in Carson County. During the traffic stop, the officer conducted a search of the vehicle and allegedly discovered several vacuum-sealed packages of marijuana in a large bag inside the trunk. The marijuana weighed over 25 pounds.
The driver, identified as 59-year-old Tadeusz Mierzwa of Decatur, Georgia was arrested, booked into the Carson County jail and charged with felony possession of marijuana.
The illegal drugs were allegedly being transported from Sacramento to Decatur, Georgia.
Last Wednesday, a Texas trooper seized over $782,000 in marijuana – also just before noon.
In last week’s bust, a DPS trooper stopped a 2015 Ford Expedition for a traffic violation on the interstate around 11:28 a.m. in Potter County, closer to Amarillo. During the traffic stop, the trooper allegedly discovered several vacuum-sealed packages of marijuana inside luggage in the rear area of the vehicle. That marijuana weighed 129 pounds.
The driver, identified as 36-year-old James Wright of Laguna Hills, California was arrested, booked into the Potter County jail and charged with felony possession of marijuana.
Those drugs were allegedly being transported from Los Angeles to Charlotte, North Carolina.
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