OSP Traffic Stop Leads to 8 lbs. of Marijuana, Arrest of Bandon Man (Photo)

News Release from: Oregon State Police
OSP TRAFFIC STOP LEADS TO 8 LBS. OF MARIJUANA, ARREST OF BANDON MAN (PHOTO)
Posted: September 21st, 2010 12:16 PM
Photo/sound file: http://www.flashalertnewswire.net/images/news/2010-09/1002/38517/092110.sr240.mj.JPG

An Oregon State Police (OSP) trooper arrested a Bandon-area man early Tuesday morning during a traffic stop when approximately 8 lbs. of freshly cut marijuana was found inside the man's vehicle.

On September 21, 2010 an OSP trooper from the Coos Bay Area Command office stopped a 1991 Chevrolet Blazer displaying Oregon license plates in Coos Bay on Highway 240 for a traffic violation. While speaking to driver CLAYTON DELOY THOMPSON, age 22, from Bandon, the trooper noticed several boxes on the rear passenger seat containing approximately 8 lbs. of freshly trimmed green marijuana. Estimated value of the seized marijuana is $20,000.

THOMPSON was arrested and taken to the Coos County Jail for Unlawful Possession, Distribution, and Manufacture of Marijuana.

Photograph Source: Oregon State Police
No photograph of THOMPSON available at this time.

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