ADOT officers locate drugs in trunk of car on car hauler
Mar 23, 2018, 7:12 PM
(Arizona DOT Photo)
PHOENIX — Arizona Department of Transportation officers located more than 100 pounds of marijuana and drug paraphernalia after searching a car hauler in western Arizona Wednesday, according to ADOT.
Officers with ADOT’s Enforcement and Compliance Division spotted the truck driving down a country road near Park, Ariz. which drivers use to avoid ports of entry at Ehrenberg along Interstate 10 and at Parker along State Route 95.
After stopping the car hauler and getting consent to search the vehicle, officers found dozens of bags of marijuana, totaling 108 pounds, vials of oil extracted from marijuana plants and drug paraphernalia in the trunk of a 2009 Mercedes Benz, which sat atop the car hauler.
An investigation into who owns the car hauler and the driver is now in the hands of ADOT’s Office of Inspector General.