LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A 65-year-old Kentucky man was arrested on Sunday after Mesquite police discovered virtually 150 kilos of unlawful marijuana buds throughout a visitors cease on Interstate 15 northeast of Las Vegas.
Ricky Jaggars of Campbellsburg, Kentucky, was charged with a felony depend of trafficking marijuana, in keeping with a Mesquite Police Division information launch on Thursday.
Mesquite Police Division officers stand close to marijuana buds seized throughout a March 16 visitors cease. (Courtesy: Mesquite Police Division)(Courtesy: Mesquite Police Division)
Jaggars was transported and booked into the Clark County Detention Heart. Jail information point out he’s not in custody.
“While speaking with the driver, the officer observed indications the driver was involved in criminal drug activity and initiated an investigation,” in keeping with the information launch. The visitors cease occurred at about 1 p.m. on Sunday.
The marijuana buds had been discovered throughout a search of the car.
Investigators discovered proof the marijuana was being transported for unlawful resale in a number of Midwestern states.