A traffic stop initiated because of speeding turned into an arrest of two individuals for drug possession and intent to distribute.
A Lincoln Parish Sheriff’s sergeant initiated a traffic stop on Hwy. 80 in Simsboro due to a Jeep traveling 73 mph in a 55 mph zone. When the sergeant contacted the driver, Trey Moore, 32, of Arcadia, he detected an odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle.
Moore was questioned out of the vehicle, and he said the passenger, Aniya Hill, 20, of Ruston, had been the one who had smoked marijuana and had a small baggie of it in her purse. When asked about the marijuana, Hill said she did have some in her purse.
At this time, the sergeant conducted a probable cause search of the vehicle, which revealed a small bag of marijuana in Hill’s purse and in a headphones case in the backseat on the driver’s side.
More than $11,000 of cash in large and small denominations was discovered in the center console. Additionally, more marijuana was, digital scales and a box of unused sandwich bags was found in a grocery bag underneath the front passenger seat.
The marijuana located in the Jeep was later found to be approximately 350 grams.
Hill stated the money was his but that the marijuana under the passenger seat belonged to Hill. Hill said the marijuana belonged to Moore.
From training, the sheriff’s sergeant recognized the amount of money, plastic bags and digital scales were all signs as an intent to distribute the marijuana.
Moore and Hill were informed they were under arrest for possession with an intent to distribute and possession of drug paraphernalia. They were transported to the Lincoln Parish Detention Center and booked.
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