Nearly 160 pounds of marijuana seized during a Shenandoah Valley traffic stop

WSLS 10 · Jeff Williamson · last updated January 23, 2022 – 11:53 AM

The approximately 158 lbs of marijuana seized on Jan. 21, 2022 in Broadway, Virginia. Police in the Shenandoah Valley seized a massive amount of marijuana early Friday morning. At about 12:05 a.m., a Timberville police officer made a drug-interdiction-based stop while in the town of Broadway, according to the Broadway Police Department. During a search, police found and seized about 158 pounds of suspected marijuana. Another angle of the seized marijuana (Broadway Police Department)That much marijuana has a street value between $700,000 and $1.4 million, according to police.

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