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2 suspects jailed, marijuana seized after I-70 traffic stop

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Items seized in a drug arrest on I-70 early Saturday morning (Photo: Saline County Sheriff)
Items seized in a drug arrest on I-70 early Saturday morning (Photo: Saline County Sheriff)

SALINE COUNTY – Law enforcement authorities in Saline County are investigating two suspects on drug charges.

Just after midnight on Saturday, a deputy sheriff stopped a speeding 2005 Pontiac Grand Am just west of Hedville Interstate 70, according to Saline County Undersheriff Roger Soldan.

The deputy noticed the odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle and discovered 72.9 grams of the drug inside the car in several individually labeled bags as well as several pieces of drug paraphernalia.

Deputies arrested Jerry Townsend, 19, Shell Knob, Missouri, and Brandon Wisely, 18, Holiday Island, Arkansas.

Brandon Wisely
Brandon Wisely
Jerry Townsend
Jerry Townsend

Both men were booked into the Saline County Jail on requested charges of possession of marijuana, possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute and possession of drug paraphernalia, according to Soldan.

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