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PrintCOLUMBIA — At about 9:34 p.m. Thursday, members of the Boone County Sheriff's Department's Proactive Patrol Unit stopped a vehicle traveling east on Interstate 70 between U.S. 63 and Lake of the Woods Road, according to a news release from the Boone County Sheriff's Department.
Sgt. Brit Shea of the Sheriff's Department said the vehicle was stopped after deputies scanned the license plate and discovered an active arrest warrant.
Deputies arrested the driver and searched the vehicle. The smell of marijuana led the deputies to discover 3 pounds of marijuana, according to the release.
Shea estimated the value of the marijuana to be near $2,400 and said it was not an uncommon amount.
"This is a group of guys whose job is to go out there and be proactive," Shea said of the Proactive Patrol Unit. "So this is a great job on their part."
The release identified the driver as 18-year-old Nicholas J.W. Porter of Fulton. In addition to the warrant, he was arrested on one count of distribution of a controlled substance, the release said. A Boone County judge set bond at $20,000 for the drug charge and $500 for the warrant.
A 15-year-old Fulton resident, who was a passenger in the vehicle, was detained on one count of distribution of a controlled substance and was later released to a guardian following a referral to the Boone County Juvenile Office.
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(...3 pounds of marijuana...Shea estimated the value of the marijuana to be near $2,400 and said it was not an uncommon amount.")
Why is that a common amount? Is there a law that needs to be changed to deter this 3lb. brick?
I'm pretty sure that law will be ignored just like the current law is, ray.
The police can bust as many pot smugglers and users as they want and they will not even BEGIN to put a dent in the demand for nor the use of marijuana. The police are only succeeding in becoming the sworn enemy of the citizens of this country by making illegal searches at traffic stops and showing up at our houses in black SWAT suits and armored vehicles and battering down the front doors of civilians and totally destroying their property with impunity. Do we really want the police to be an enemy occupying force in our own country? A group of 20,000 very serious policemen, prosecutors and attorneys have formed a group to legalize ALL drugs, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (http://leap.cc ) They see what happened when we legalized alcohol in 1932 as a good example of how drug legalization would work. We can't stop drugs. They're sick of chasing drug users and sending innocent people to prison for decades just because they like to get high. How many millions of Americans are we going to lock up in prison for decades? Legalize ALL drugs now. Mark Montgomery boboberg@nyc.rr.com