WITH A SOUTH WIND 10 TO 15 MILES PER HOUR. BREAKING NEWS OVERNIGHT, A DRIVER IS IN CUSTODY AFTER A TRAFFIC STOP TURNED INTO A MAJOR DRUG BUST. IT ALL STARTED WHEN OFFICERS PULLED OVER A DRIVER TOWING A CAMPER. “LOCAL 2′s” AMANDA PEREZ JOINING US LIVE DOWNTOWN WHERE AUTHORITIES TOOK THE EVIDENCE. GOOD MORNING, AMANDA. Reporter: GOOD MORNING. I GUESS YOU COULD CALL THIS A CAMPER CAPER. POLICE SAY THEY FOUND A TRAILER THAT HAD 54 BUNDLES OF MARIJUANA INSIDE. THAT AMOUNTS TO MORE THAN A THOUSAND POUNDS. IT LOOKED LIKE THE TRUCK WAS HEADED FOR A GET-AWAY, PULLING A TRAVEL TRAILER ON THE EAST FREEWAY, BUT INSIDE, HOUSTON POLICE OFFICERS FOUND MARIJUANA, AND LOTS OF IT. POLICE SAY THE TOTAL AMOUNT COULD ADD UP TO 1,200 POUNDS. THEY ARRESTED THE DRIVER AND THEN EMPTIED THE DRUGS OUT OF THE CAMPER. IT’S THE SECOND TIME IN LESS THAN TWO WEEKS OFFICERS HAVE FOUND HUNDREDS OF POUNDS OF MARIJUANA ON A HOUSTON FREEWAY. ON JUNE 17th, THEY FOUND 600 POUNDS OF THE DRUG AND 13 KILOS OF METHAMPHETAMINES INSIDE AN EXCAVATOR, AND EARLIER IN MAY, FRBLD MARKETS TASK FORCE FULL TIMEOUT 24 POUNDS OF COCAINE, 12 POUNDS OF HEROIN AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS HIDDEN IN CAR SEATS AND DOOR PANELS, EACH INSTANCE SHOWING JUST HOW CREATIVE CRIMINALS CAN BE. WE’VE SEEN THEM PUT DOPE AND MONEY IN THE GAS TANKS, WE’VE SEEN THEM PUT THEM IN THE MOTORS AND TIRES. Reporter: POLICE HAVEN’T SAID HOW THEY KNEW THAT DRUGS WERE IN THE TRAILER, BUT DRUG DOGS WERE CALLED TO ASSIST IN THE INVESTIGATION. THE TRUCK AND TRAILER HAVE BEEN TOWED AWAY AND THE DRIVER IS IN CUSTODY.
1200 pounds of marijuana found in camper
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