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Local Police Make A Marijuana Bust
Written by Emily Collins
Thursday, 04 September 2008
IT BEGUN WITH A ROUTINE TRAFFIC STOP.
LOCAL POLICE OFFICER, JASON STOVER, INITIALLY PULLED THE DRUG CONTAINING VEHICLE OVER FOR ILLEGAL WINDOW TINTING.
BUT SOON AFTER APPROACHING THE VEHICLE, STOVER REALIZED THAT THE TWO MALE SUBJECTS INSIDE WERE NOT ONLY ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS BUT THEY WERE UP TO NO GOOD.
"Our officer initiated a traffic stop based on a violation and in subsequent when he could smell the marijuana and there were other indicators that made him very suspicious of these folks," says Police Chief, Bruce Ure.
STOVER SAYS THE TWO MEN ALSO APPEARED INCREDIBLY NERVOUS AND PROTECTIVE OF THE TRUNK AREA. HE DETAINED THEM AND DISCOVERED APPROXIMATELY 48.5 POUNDS OF MARIJUANA.
In recent months drug trafficing through the victoria area has increased and it's presented local police with a few challenges.
CHIEF URE SAYS THEIR HAS BEEN A STEADY RISE IN NARCOTICS TRAFFICING OVER THE MEXICAN BORDER INTO THE UNITED STATES, AND ESPECIALLY INTO TEXAS.
BUT, THAT'S NOT THE ONLY PROBLEM.
URE SAYS NARCOTICS SMUGGLERS ARE USING FAR MORE DANGEROUS TACTICS TO PROTECT THEIR DRUG LOADS THAN THEY DID 10 TO 15 YEARS AGO.
"The narcotics smugglers are getting a lot more vicious, they're packing a lot more fire power and our officers are having to become just increaingly more cautious," says Ure.
VICTORIA POLICE OFFICERS ARE NOT ONLY TRAINED IN DEALING WITH SMUGGLERS AND LOOKING FOR CERTAIN VIOLATIONS DURING ROUTINE TRAFFIC STOPS SAYS URE--- BUT THEY ALSO TRY TO AVOID MAKING MORE THAN ONE TRAFFIC STOP AT A TIME OUT ON THE MAJOR HIGHWAYS.
