The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) seized over $955,000 in marijuana Friday.
At approximately 9:54 p.m., a DPS trooper stopped a 2015 Nissan Altima for a traffic violation on IH-40 near Groom, in Carson County. During the traffic stop, the trooper conducted a search of the vehicle and discovered several large cellophane-wrapped bundles of marijuana inside the trunk. The marijuana weighed over 157 pounds.
The occupants of the Nissan were identified as Bertha Ovalle-Romero, 19, and Jose Luna, 24, both of Phoenix, Ariz. Ovalle-Romero and Luna were arrested, booked into the Carson County jail and charged with felony possession of marijuana.
The illegal drugs were allegedly being transported from Phoenix to Philadelphia.