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DRUG SEIZURE • Sgt. Paul Mangelson with 197 pounds of marijuana seized during traffic stop.

On Saturday, February 5, 2005, Sgt. Paul Mangelson of the Utah Highway Patrol stopped a northbound pickup truck on I-15, south of Nephi, for a cracked windshield. While talking with the driver, the odor of raw marijuana was obvious about the vehicle. A search of the vehicle revealed 197 lbs. of marijuana.

The two male occupants were from Phoenix, Arizona, and were going to Salt Lake City.

Their bail was set at $25,000 in cash for each. The pickup truck they were driving, a 2001 Chev, will be seized.

The street value of the marijuana would have been $800,000.