FRANKLIN COUNTY, Ind. — A Cincinnati man was arrested in Franklin County after a routine traffic stop over the weekend.
Late Saturday night, officers from the Laurel Police Department were working a narcotic detail on Interstate-74 and stopped a car for a traffic violation.
Police smelled an odor of raw marijuana coming from inside the vehicle.
K9 Diablo performed an exterior sniff of the vehicle and indicated to police the presence of a narcotic drug in the vehicle.
During a search of the vehicle, police found marijuana in the passenger seat, inside a closed tin storage can.
According to police, the driver of the car admitted to the officer that his girlfriend had purchased the container from a novelty store in Florida.
The driver of the car, Mark Straughn, of Cincinnati, was arrested on a charge of Possession of Marijuana.
