Trooper finds drugs during Lincoln Parish traffic stop
A Texas man was arrested last week by Louisiana State Police after he was stopped fin Lincoln Parish for speeding and a license plate violation and was found to be in possession of drugs.
Courtney Bernard Hall, 32, of Dallas, was stopped January 11 at about 2:30 p.m. after a state trooper noticed his license plate was bent so that the first three three digits could not be read. The vehicle was also clocked by radar speeding.
When the trooper approached the vehicle, a very strong odor of marijuana was detected. Hall, the driver, said the car wash must have bent his license plate.
A search of the vehicle was conducted, yielding a small amount amount of marijuana near the driver’s seat and a larger amount concealed in a plastic bag in the trunk totaling approximately 1/2 pound.
After Hall was removed from from the trooper’s vehicle at the Lincoln Parish Detention Center, the trooper checked the back seat for contraband left behind. A bag containing suspected ecstasy tablets was found under the seat. Ball acknowledged the presence of the marijuana but refused to admit ownership of the ecstasy. In reviewing the rear seat camera in his patrol vehicle, the trooper saw that Ball reached into his pants with his right hand and remove something it’s stuck yet behind the seat.
Ball was booked for a possession of marijuana within intent to distribute and possession of MDMA (ecstasy). Bail was set at $25,000.
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