Hoboken Cops Seize Pound Of Marijuana During Traffic Stop: PD

HOBOKEN, NJ — Hoboken police officers seized more than a pound of marijuana during a traffic stop on Monday evening, authorities said.

According to the Hoboken Police Department, officers on patrol allegedly saw a 2016 GMC fail to halt at a stop sign near 2nd and Jackson streets at 5:46 p.m. When a dispatcher notified the officers that the vehicle’s registration had expired “several months” in the past, the officers pulled the car over on the 400-block of Jackson Street.

The officers approached the car and asked for the credentials of the driver, Trevor Vaughn, 39, of Weehawken. At that time, one of the officers smelled a “strong odor of burnt and raw marijuana” coming from inside the vehicle, and saw a brown cigar “in plain view” which he believed to contain cannabis, police said.

When the officers told Vaughn to step outside the vehicle, they saw a clear, plastic, sandwich bag filled with marijuana, again in plain view, authorities said.

Police arrested Vaughn and searched the car, finding 500 grams of marijuana and more than $1,600 in cash believed to be proceeds from drug sales, authorities said.

Authorities charged Vaughn with criminal offenses including possession of CDS (marijuana) with intent to distribute, and also issued him with motor vehicle summonses for failure to stop, having an unregistered vehicle and having a CDS in a motor vehicle.

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