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A motorist stopped for following too close on Interstate 20 was arrested by Louisiana State Police last week.
Bennie Eugene Banks, 26, of Grand Prairie, was arrested by state troopers on June 10 for possession of marijuana with intent to distribute and possession of a firearm in the presence of a controlled substance.
Banks was stopped on I-20 eastbound near milepost 98 after he was seen following a SUV at an unsafe distance. Troopers smelled marijuana coming from Banks’s vehicle and from his body.
A 9mm pistol was found in the glove box and a marijuana cigarette in the center console. When Banks was searched, a bag of about 26 grams of marijuana was found in his pants.
Banks said he had no knowledge of the gun found in the rental car. He was booked at the Lincoln Parish Detention Center.
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