Summary

A traffic accident lead to authorities finding 17-thousands of marijuana

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 23930
Story Slug TRAFFIC ACCIDENT LEADS TO POT BUST (2/8/1997)
Location McALESTER, OKLAHOMA
Format Pkg*
Date 02/08/1997
Archive Time 55:18
TRT :52
Supers McAlester, Oklahoma Donnie Robins, Oklahoma Highway Patrol Christine Miles, Reporting
Video Description Bundles of marijuana in back of truck, highway patrolman, sot, bundles
Description A traffic accident lead to authorities finding 17-thousands of marijuana
Script LEAD: Two men from Illinois are in custody after a traffic accident investigation in McAlester, Oklahoma reveals what they claimed as fruit, turned out to be 17 thousand pounds of marijuana The semitrailer they were driving overturned after hitting a car that was trying to make a U-turn on the Indian Nations Turnpike Christine Miles was there, and brings us more on this story SCRIPT: Oklahoma Highway Patrol says two men claiming to be hauling produce were arrested and thrown in jail Friday night (Sot) That's because they were not carrying produce What you are looking at are bundles and bundles of marijuana Seventeen thousand pounds to be exact It also carries a street value of more than 25 million dollars (Sot) Oklahoma Highway Patrol says none of the marijuana was thrown from the truck at the time of the accident (Sot)
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Keywords

drug bust
pot bush
drugs
marijuana
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