Routine Traffic Stop in TX Leads to Arrest, Seizure of 100 lbs of Cannabis

Vanessa Garcia reports from KCBD11

CONWAY, Texas (KFDA) - One man is facing drug charges after a Texas Department of Public Safety trooper seized over 100 pounds of marijuana in Carson County.

Wednesday about 2:59 p.m., a trooper stopped a 2017 Chevrolet Silverado that was traveling east on Interstate 40 near Conway for a traffic violation.

The driver was identified as 54-year-old Thomas Wimmer, of Clear Water, Florida.

During the traffic stop, the trooper found multiple vacuum-sealed packages of marijuana in the truck bed that weighed about 101 pounds.