SPOKANE -- A man is in jail after police found four pounds of marijuana in the back seat of his car. The discovery happened during a routine traffic stop at 11:40 a.m. Sunday near the intersection of Sprague and Washington.
The officer ran the license plate on the white Honda Civic and believed he had a stolen Honda. After further investigation, it was determined the driver's license status was suspended. The driver was arrested and placed in the patrol car. While doing an inventory of the vehicle to be towed, a strong odor of marijuana was detected coming from the vehicle back seat area.
The vehicle was secured and a County Drug Handler and Drug Dog responded. The drug dog alerted on the vehicle two different times.
The officer wrote a search warrant for the vehicle and it was signed by a judge. The search warrant was served on the vehicle and its contents. A large black bag was found in the back seat and inside were four pounds of marijuana sealed in large plastic bags.
The driver, who had been booked in to jail earlier for suspended driving, was then charged with possession of marijuana with intent to deliver.
