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MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) A drug-sniffing dog led state police to more than 200 pounds of marijuana in the bed of a pickup truck after it was stopped on Interstate 5.
The seizure Sunday afternoon of 216 pound of compressed marijuana in nine garbage bags was valued at about $150,000.
This is the largest in this area, but its just a small portion of what moves up I-5 daily, said Senior Trooper Bill Matson.
Trooper Brandon Boice stopped a white 2006 Honda Ridgeline for unspecified traffic violations while it was driving north on I-5 near Gold Hill, according to police records.
Matson said the driver refused Boices request to search the vehicle, so he called in a drug-sniffing dog named Beepers. The dog gave signs that drugs were present, giving them probable cause to search the vehicle, Matson said. The troopers found the garbage bags of marijuana in the covered bed of the pickup.
We could not have made this bust without the dog, Detective Dave Beck said.
The driver, whose name was not released, was allowed to go after being questioned. But the investigation is continuing, Matson said.
Beepers, a 9-year-old Labrador, was the only drug dog working for Oregon State Police in 2004 and is now one of five around the state.
State police said the largest seizure in the state during a traffic stop was 323 pounds found near Salem in April 2005.
The seizure Sunday afternoon of 216 pound of compressed marijuana in nine garbage bags was valued at about $150,000.
This is the largest in this area, but its just a small portion of what moves up I-5 daily, said Senior Trooper Bill Matson.
Trooper Brandon Boice stopped a white 2006 Honda Ridgeline for unspecified traffic violations while it was driving north on I-5 near Gold Hill, according to police records.
Matson said the driver refused Boices request to search the vehicle, so he called in a drug-sniffing dog named Beepers. The dog gave signs that drugs were present, giving them probable cause to search the vehicle, Matson said. The troopers found the garbage bags of marijuana in the covered bed of the pickup.
We could not have made this bust without the dog, Detective Dave Beck said.
The driver, whose name was not released, was allowed to go after being questioned. But the investigation is continuing, Matson said.
Beepers, a 9-year-old Labrador, was the only drug dog working for Oregon State Police in 2004 and is now one of five around the state.
State police said the largest seizure in the state during a traffic stop was 323 pounds found near Salem in April 2005.