The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) seized over $232,000 in marijuana Sunday.
At approximately 6:47 p.m., a DPS trooper stopped a 2015 Buick Lacrosse on IH-40 near Bushland, in Potter County. During the traffic stop, the trooper conducted a search of the vehicle and located several vacuum-sealed packages of marijuana in the trunk. The marijuana weighed almost 39 pounds.
The driver, identified as Rhett Rasmussen, 38, of Gulfport, Fla., was arrested, booked into the Potter County jail and charged with felony possession of marijuana.
The illegal drugs were allegedly being transported from Phoenix, Ariz., to Tampa, Fla.
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