Wyoming Highway Patrol Seize 21 Pounds Of Marijuana
May 19, 2011 A Trooper checking on a suspicious vehicle parked behind a WYDOT maintenance shed has lead to the seizure of over 21 pounds of marijuana and over 2 ounces of hashish in addition to landing two men in jail on felony drug charges. The Trooper was patrolling Interstate 80 and was checking on a WYDOT remote loader storage building at the US 189 interchange approximately 7 miles east of Evanston shortly after noon on Wednesday when he noticed a vehicle parked behind the building on State property. Patrol Sgt. Stephen Townsend says two male individuals were out of the car and when questioned by the Trooper neither admitted to being the driver of the 2005 Suzuki XL7. Eventually, one of the men admitted that he was in fact the driver and owner of the vehicle.