360 lbs of marijuana seized in New Braunfels with help from K-9: police
NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas - 360 pounds of marijuana were discovered during an early morning traffic stop on Thursday after a four-legged member of the New Braunfels Police Department's K-9 unit alerted officers.
On Thursday, April 4, at approximately 3:10 a.m., New Braunfels police conducted a traffic stop on a silver Chevy Silverado pickup truck in the 100 block of Creekside Way in New Braunfels.
During the traffic stop, Sophie, a member of NBPD's K-9 unit, alerted to the vehicle, leading officers to the discovery of approximately 360 pounds of marijuana.
The driver, 39-year-old Manuel Roy Martinez Jr. of Laredo, was taken into custody without incident and transported to the Comal County Jail.
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Manuel Roy Martinez Jr. mug shot (New Braunfels Police Department)
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Martinez was charged with Delivery of Marijuana Between 50 and 2000 pounds.
Martinez remains in custody, and a bond has not been set yet.