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Deputies seize 500lbs of pot during traffic stop

By Ray Gomez

Story Created: May 25, 2009

Story Updated: May 25, 2009

Webb County Sheriff deputies seize 600 pounds of marijuana.

The incident occurred around noon today at the 30-mile marker of I-35. 46-year-old Homero Garza Rodriguez from El Cenizo was arrested for possession of marijuana.

According to the Sheriff's Department, deputies stopped Rodriguez.

Rodriguez got out of the vehicle and walked towards the back. The deputy asked for his driver’s license and asked for consent to search the vehicle. That’s when the deputy noticed that the floor on the passenger side was elevated.

That is were 30 bundles of marijuana were hidden.

Rodriguez is now at the Webb County Jail.

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