Suspect ‘covered’ in pot after Ellis County chase<\/p>\n
10:55 PM CST on Monday, February 6, 2006
\nAssociated Press<\/p>\n
WAXAHACHIE – Wildflowers may not be the only thing sprouting up along a 15-mile stretch of Interstate 35 in Ellis County this spring.
\nSeeds of an illegal plant were inadvertently sown after a police officer stopped a car with no license plate light early Friday morning and smelled a strong odor of marijuana. When the officer returned to his car and called for backup, the driver drove away, Milford Police Chief Carlos Phoenix said.
\nAs several law enforcement agencies joined the chase, the fleeing driver tore open and threw 17 to 19 bags out of his window.
\n“There was marijuana flying everywhere,” Phoenix told the Waxahachie Daily Light<\/b>.
\nAfter driving over a second set of spikes set out by authorities, the suspect finally stopped and was taken into custody, and he was “literally covered in marijuana,” Phoenix said.
\nOfficers picked up two duffel bags, a backpack and three or four gallon-size freezer bags from the interstate, but the wind blew much of the su
\nAlso, some people with police scanners heard that a man was throwing marijuana out of his car window and drove to the scene to try to retrieve it, Phoenix said.
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\nNo I didn’t get to cover that one… but it was a fun story none the less.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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