Houston couple held after marijuana found hidden in truck's fuel tank

Houston couple held after marijuana found hidden in truck's fuel tank

Associated Press
Oct. 14, 2008, 2:42AM

VICTORIA â?? A Houston couple, who allegedly told a Texas Department of Public Safety trooper he could search their truck, is facing drug charges after he discovered more than 50 pounds of marijuana hidden inside their truck's diesel tank.

Trooper Henry Schultz arrested Crystal Maxine Richey, 45, and her husband, Derrill Lamont Windham, 40, Saturday on suspicion of possession of between 50 and 2,000 pounds of marijuana, the Victoria Advocate reported in Monday's online edition.

It was not immediately clear whether they have attorneys.

Schultz stopped them around 10 a.m. He noticed the license plate was obscured and that Richey's registration was expired. The couple gave him permission to search their 2001 Ford F250 Super Duty truck, the arrest report said.

Schultz found 51 bundles of marijuana tucked into a diesel tank in the bed of the truck that was accessible through a trap door, according to the report.

DPS officials told the newspaper they could not discuss the case.

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I say whatever u do that breaks the current laws regarding marijuana, no matter where u r in this country, be an otherwise law abiding citizen and your chances of getting caught dirty handed are slashed by more than half, almost every story of a bust on streets stems from some kind of traffic violation that are most of the time easily preventable. and lack of knowledge about the rights as well contributes to these searches

out of info that we know, i doubt there was any reasonable doubt for a search had they refused to consent! just a typical traffic violation does not make ground for a search at all! but police asks for such searches more often than not.

check the original link, there are some funny ass comments:D:thumbsup:

you would think that a person would make sure their vehicle doesn't have anything wrong to give reason to pull you over. The dude had an expired registration, thats just plain stupid:wtf:

well, most drug dealers aren't the sharpest tools in the shed. I guess thats why they resort to selling drugs in the first place, because they aren't good at anything else. I don't understand why they lack the common sense that most people have though. I mean if you're breaking one law by dealing drugs, dont break anymore laws or violations!!

Notice, just to be clear, I said most drug dealers. I dont wanna catch shit from people who are intelligent and also sell, thats not who im talking about. I mean it may be something you do to help get you through college for all i know, haha.

rofl what idiots.