NEWS
$200,000 in drugs seized during traffic stop
Anthony Duncan
By BARBARA GREEN
A late night traffic stop by Bowie Police Thursday night along U.S. Highway 287 discovered a Hutto, TX man transporting more than $200,000 worth of marijuana and THC vapor oil.
The stop was made by Officer Cody Stone about 11:45 p.m. on the southbound side of U.S. Highway 287 at State Highway 59 where police were running highway interdiction.
Stone saw a pickup exit the roadway and pull to the shoulder. The driver got out and walked around the vehicle with a flashlight, so Stone stopped to make a welfare check on the vehicle with Utah license plates.
According to the probable cause affidavit Anthony Jarrod Duncan, 37, was looking at damage to his back bumper, which Stone said was old enough it had dirt on it. The officer asked Duncan if he left the highway due to the interdiction sign and he said no.
After checking the man’s driver’s license and asking for consent to search, Duncan was reportedly “very hesitant,” which led Stone to call for a K-9 unit. The eventual probable cause search resulted in the discover of more than 30 pounds of marijuana and 3,600 vials of THC oil. Read the full story in the weekend News.
The regular meeting of the Bowie City Council for July 22 has been cancelled. City Manager Bert Cunningham and Mayor Gaylynn Burris will be attending the Texas Public Power Association conference.
City of Bowie officials were on hand to inspect the emergency electrical generators that were delivered last week.
Mayor Gaylynn Burris and City Manager Bert Cunningham inspected one of three emergency electrical generators purchased as part of an ongoing Federal Emergency Management Agency Hazard Mitigation Grant. They also talked with Jay Evans, head of the city electric department, and Jerry Sutton, director of the water treatment plant about the next step for installation of the generators.
This grant provides funding for one 150 kW and two 250 kW generators for use at the water treatment plant.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
City Manager Bert Cunningham and Mayor Gaylynn Burris talk with the electric and water department staff about the new generators. (Photo by Cindy Roller)
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