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MARIJUANA BUST • A traffic stop last Saturday, nets 285 pounds of Marijuana in the back of a pickup. Sgt. Paul Mangelson made the bust.

On Saturday, February 21, 2004 UHP Sgt. Paul Mangelson stopped a north-bound pick-up truck on I-15 in the Nephi area for a traffic violation. Further investigation revealed 285 lbs. of marijuana in the bed of the truck covered with a tonneau cover. The driver was arrested and booked at Juab S.O. Later in the day he was transported to Salt Lake City by agents of the DEA. He will be arraigned in U.S. Federal Court on Monday morning. The marijuana was released to the DEA and will be transported to their crime lab for processing.

Following the traffic stop on I-15, Sgt. Mangelson noticed that the driver was acting suspiciously and a heavy odor of vanilla air freshener was noticed. The driver seemed confused and nervous and could give the officer no concrete answers to any of the questions that he asked. A search of the truck revealed the hidden drugs.