The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) seized 145 pounds of marijuana Thursday, after a DPS Trooper stopped a vehicle in Carson County.
At approximately 5:50 p.m., a DPS trooper stopped a 2010 Pontiac G6 traveling east on IH-40 near Conway, for a traffic violation. The trooper then discovered multiple tape-wrapped packages of marijuana in the trunk. The marijuana is worth approximately $880,000.
The driver, Stephanie Barron, 23, of El Paso, Texas, was arrested and charged with felony possession marijuana. Barron was transported and booked into the Carson County jail.
The drugs allegedly were being transported from El Paso, Texas to Oklahoma City.
(News release from the Texas DPS in Amarillo)