Over 500 pounds of pot confiscated in traffic stop

February 22, 2019

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Police stop truck for going too slow on Pennsylvania Turnpike, find over 500 pounds of marijuana inside

State police found over 500 pounds of suspected marijuana inside a vehicle that was pulled over for “traveling at an unreasonably slow speed” on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, according to a criminal complaint.The box truck was stopped Thursday afternoon for going 40 mph in an area where the speed limit is 70 mph in Mount Pleasant Township, Westmoreland County, police said in the complaint.”A probable cause search was conducted of the box truck,” Trooper Ryan Marmol wrote in the complaint. “A small amount of suspected marijuana was located in the cab of the box truck and approximately 510 pounds of suspected marijuana was located in a crate that was inside of the cargo area of the box truck. All evidence was seized and entered into evidence.”The driver, identified as Mark Joseph Doyle, 63, of Yachats, Oregon, was charged with a felony drug count of manufacture, delivery, or possession with intent to manufacture or deliver, and a misdemeanor possession charge, according to the complaint.An online docket shows that bail was denied for Doyle, who is being held in the county prison while he awaits a preliminary hearing in front of District Judge Roger Eckels on Feb. 28. The docket does not list an attorney for Doyle.LIST: These 10 drugs are seized most by Pa. state police

MOUNT PLEASANT TOWNSHIP, Pa. —

The box truck was stopped Thursday afternoon for going 40 mph in an area where the speed limit is 70 mph in Mount Pleasant Township, Westmoreland County, police said in the complaint.

“A probable cause search was conducted of the box truck,” Trooper Ryan Marmol wrote in the complaint. “A small amount of suspected marijuana was located in the cab of the box truck and approximately 510 pounds of suspected marijuana was located in a crate that was inside of the cargo area of the box truck. All evidence was seized and entered into evidence.”

Police say marijuana was found in the truck.

A photo of the crate and suspected drugs seized by police.

The driver, identified as Mark Joseph Doyle, 63, of Yachats, Oregon, was charged with a felony drug count of manufacture, delivery, or possession with intent to manufacture or deliver, and a misdemeanor possession charge, according to the complaint.

An online docket shows that bail was denied for Doyle, who is being held in the county prison while he awaits a preliminary hearing in front of District Judge Roger Eckels on Feb. 28. The docket does not list an attorney for Doyle.

LIST: These 10 drugs are seized most by Pa. state police