Both photos from the San Augustine County Sheriff's Department Facebook page
May 25, 2018 San Augustine County – A traffic stop yeilded 217 pounds of marijuana in San Augustine County Thursday morning, May 24, 2018 ending in the arrest of an Arkansas man.
According to a DPS press release, Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Troopers conducted a traffic stop on US 96 yesterday morning involving a commercial motor vehicle resulting in a felony drug arrest.
The preliminary information indicates at approximately 8 a.m., a DPS Trooper stopped a Western Star truck tractor semi-trailer, near the San Augustine (and Shelby) county line for a traffic violation.
Christopher Metz, 47, from Little Rock, AR. was identified as the driver.
During the traffic contact a San Augustine County canine alerted to the presence of drugs in the vehicle. A search of the truck led to the discovery of approximately 217 pounds of marijuana.
Metz was transported to the San Augustine County Jail for possessing over 50 pounds of marijuana, a second degree felony.
He was reportedly traveling from Houston to Arkansas.
This is an ongoing investigation and further details are not available for release at this time.
According to the San Augustine County Sheriff's Department facebook page, the San Augustine Sheriff's office K-9 "Kane" assisted DPS Troopers during the traffic stop discovering the marijuana in the cab of the Western Star tractor trailer.
K-9 "Kane" with his handler Lt. Robert Brazeal pose beside a State Trooper unit and the recovered marijuana.
