(Mar 17, 2013, (Hefline))--Heflin police Tuesday released more information about the 41-year-old
driver arrested Monday after police discovered the van he was driving
was carrying 490 pounds of marijuana.
Dawit Shiferaw Bekele, from
Falls Church, Va., was charged with trafficking, resisting arrest and
driving without a license, said Heflin’s interim police chief, Capt.
A.J. Benefield.
Bekele was pulled over for improper lane usage about 4 a.m. Monday driving eastbound on Interstate 20 near the Hollis-Heflin exit. He gave police permission to search the van.
When police searched the white rental van they found the plastic-wrapped cubes of marijuana, worth about $490,000, police said. Read more from The Anniston Star »
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| Police officers pose with 490 pounds of marijuana found in a van on Interstate 20 this morning. (Photo courtesy of Heflin PD) |
Bekele was pulled over for improper lane usage about 4 a.m. Monday driving eastbound on Interstate 20 near the Hollis-Heflin exit. He gave police permission to search the van.
When police searched the white rental van they found the plastic-wrapped cubes of marijuana, worth about $490,000, police said. Read more from The Anniston Star »
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