PORT ST. LUCIE \u2013 A traffic stop at the intersection of Southwest Rice Avenue and Southwest Chartwell Street, Port St. Lucie on Oct. 28 resulted in the arrest of a man for possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia for retail sale, according to a Port St. Lucie Police Facebook posting.<\/p>\n
Samuel Ray Torres, 27, of Port St. Lucie is in the St. Lucie County Jail as of Oct. 30 on a $22,500 bond for possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell, manufacture, or deliver (marijuana); and possession of drug paraphernalia for retail sale, according to the jail web site.<\/p>\n
Officers with the PSL Police stopped Torres at that intersection and saw suspected marijuana throughout the vehicle, prompting a request for assistance from the Special Investigations Unit, according to the Facebook posting.<\/p>\n
Upon further investigation, detectives found about nine pounds of marijuana, including multiple vacuum-sealed bags and individually packaged bags, along with $1,450 in cash. Additional suspected marijuana was also found loose throughout the vehicle\u2019s seating and floorboard areas, according to the Facebook posting.<\/p>\n
The investigation revealed that the marijuana had been packaged for distribution.<\/p>\n
In addition to the narcotics and cash seized, the 2019 Kia Optima used to transport the marijuana was seized pursuant to the Florida Contraband Forfeiture Act, according to the Facebook posting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PORT ST. LUCIE \u2013 A traffic stop at the intersection of Southwest Rice Avenue and Southwest Chartwell Street,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":443089,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172,563],"class_list":["post-443088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news","tag-st_lucie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=443088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443088\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/443089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=443088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=443088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=443088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}