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Traffic Stop Leads to Marijuana Find by Trooper

Washington County-On yesterday’s date at approximately 11:30 am, trooper Travis Baker from the Indiana State Police Post at Sellersburg, observed a gold Honda minivan with an expired license plate. He observed the vehicle on State Road #56 West, near the new bypass. He initiated a traffic stop and while talking to the driver, George W. Napier, 43, from North Main Street in Salem,  he could smell a strong odor of green marijuana coming from within the vehicle.  As trooper Baker looked through the window of the van he saw several large marijuana plants in the floor of the van. 

Trooper Baker detained George Napier and then searched the van he was driving. He located eleven freshly picked Marijuana plants in the van.

George W. Napier was taken into custody and incarcerated at the Washington County Jail on the charges of Possession of Marijuana over Thirty Grams and Maintaining a Common Nuisance, both are felony charges.

All Subjects are Innocent Until and Unless Proven Guilty in a Court of Law

Media Note-Photo of the arrested is attached.

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Sgt. Jerry D. Goodin