{"id":128824,"date":"2026-01-19T08:13:33","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T08:13:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/128824\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T08:13:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T08:13:33","slug":"dallas-police-seize-7-pounds-of-marijuana-cocaine-in-traffic-stop-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/128824\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas police seize 7 pounds of marijuana, cocaine in traffic stop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Brief<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A traffic stop led to the arrest of 25-year-old Julian Lewis and the seizure of seven pounds of marijuana and more than 85 grams of cocaine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Officers recovered a handgun and over $3,700 in cash after pulling the vehicle over for a defective license plate light and expired registration late Sunday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Lewis faces multiple felony charges, including manufacture and delivery of a controlled substance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">DALLAS &#8211; A traffic stop by South Central Patrol officers last week led to the arrest of a 25-year-old man and the seizure of more than seven pounds of narcotics and an illegal firearm, police said.<\/p>\n<p>7 Pounds of pot seized in Dallas bust<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">What we know<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Julian Lewis was taken into custody and faces multiple felony charges following the stop in the 4800 block of Haas Drive around 11 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to the Dallas Police Department, officers pulled Lewis over for a defective license plate light and an expired registration. During the stop, officers reported the smell of marijuana coming from the car.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">During a search of Lewis and his vehicle, officers found a handgun concealed in his waistband, along with a significant cache of drugs and cash, including:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">3,165 grams (approx. 7 lbs) of marijuana<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"&lt;div&gt;Julian Lewis, 25 (Dallas County Jail)&lt;\/div&gt;\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/e6434ddad788868dc8a8d525108cc996.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Julian Lewis, 25 (Dallas County Jail)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Lewis has been charged with manufacture and delivery of a controlled substance, a first-degree felony; possession of marijuana (5 to 50 lbs), a third-degree felony; and unlawful carrying of a weapon, a Class A misdemeanor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">What they&#8217;re saying<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;This enforcement action demonstrates the importance of proactive traffic stops and targeted patrols in identifying and removing illegal weapons and narcotics from our community,&#8221; the department said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Source<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Information in this article is from the Dallas Police Department.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brief A traffic stop led to the arrest of 25-year-old Julian Lewis and the seizure of seven&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":128825,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,104,103,4081,23711,55300,3328],"class_list":{"0":"post-128824","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-dallas","9":"tag-dallas-headlines","10":"tag-dallas-news","11":"tag-dallas-police-department","12":"tag-julian-lewis","13":"tag-license-plate-light","14":"tag-marijuana"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128824\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}