Traffic Stop Near Wendell Results in Marijuana Seizure

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IDAHO STATE POLICE NEWS RELEASE
Region 4 Patrol 218 West Yakima, Jerome, ID (208) 324-6000
Fax (208) 324-7897
For further information, contact Captain Kedrick Wills at (208)324-6000 or (208)736-3070

For Immediate Release: 11/12/2009 1:45 pm
Contact: Trooper N. Walker

On 11/11/2009 at 0753 hours, Trooper Nick Walker of the Idaho State Police stopped Jonathan D. Cassidy, who resides in California, for speeding. Cassidy was traveling eastbound on Interstate 84 near Wendell in Gooding County. While talking with Cassidy the trooper detected the odor of marijuana coming from inside the vehicle. While searching the vehicle, Trooper Walker seized 2.6 pounds of marijuana worth $7000. Cassidy's vehicle was seized and he was arrested on a felony charge of drug trafficking and booked into the Gooding County Jail.

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Posted in District 4 - Southern Idaho