300 Pounds of Pot Alleged in I-55 Stop

By: The Associated Press Email

Posted: Tue 3:40 PM, Jun 05, 2012

SIKESTON, Mo.- A Texas man is in custody after authorities allegedly found 300 pounds of marijuana in his car following a traffic stop on Interstate 55 in southeast Missouri.

The Sikeston Standard Democrat reports that 42-year-old Michael McHale of Austin, Texas, was stopped by a Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper on Saturday for following too closely and a window tint violation. The patrol says a drug-sniffing dog led authorities to 12 bundles of marijuana in the trunk and behind a passenger door.

McHale is jailed without bond. He does not yet have a listed attorney.

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300 Pounds of Pot Alleged in I-55 Stop

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