CHP seizes marijuana from vehicle at Stoner Drive in Buttonwillow

KGET.com · Jose Franco · last updated January 22, 2022 – 1:53 PM

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — CHP officers in Buttonwillow seized nearly 100 pounds of marijuana Saturday afternoon from a vehicle at Stoner Drive. CHP tells 17 News an officer noticed a driver in a vehicle driving next to another in what looked like a speed contest on Stockdale Highway. The vehicle was stopped at Stockdale Highway and — that’s right — Stoner Drive. When the officer approached the vehicle, according to CHP, the officer noticed a strong smell of marijuana. The man in the vehicle was cited for alleged marijuana possession and vehicle violations and released, CHP Officer Adam Johnson said.

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