Crime & Safety
1.3 Pounds Of Pot Found During Morris Twp Traffic Stop
Police say the man was driving with no headlights, leading to the traffic stop.
MORRIS TOWNSHIP, NJ — Police found 1.3 pounds of marijuana during a traffic stop this weekend, Morris Township police said.
Around 8:15 p.m. on Saturday, police stopped a car driving on Emmett Ave with no headlights. Police said the driver, Luis Gonzalez-Rojas, 35, of Brooklyn, looked "extremely nervous."
Ptl. Clay Boeninghaus searched the car after smelling raw marijuana, police said, and found two heat sealed packages with 1.3 pounds of marijuana and drug paraphernalia.
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Luis Gonzalez-Rojas was charged with third degree possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute, a fourth degree possession of marijuana and a disorderly persons offense for possession of drug paraphernalia. He was released with an upcoming court date.
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