Troopers find 405 pounds of marijuana in truck in Tooele County

TOOELE — A traffic stop in Tooele County resulted in state troopers finding more than 400 pounds of marijuana.

Bryan Ramirez, 28, was booked into the Tooele County jail for investigation of marijuana possession greater than 100 pounds, drug possession with intent to distribute, drug possession, possession of drug paraphernalia, not having a license and driving with faulty equipment.

A Utah Highway Patrol trooper pulled over an F-150 pickup truck that was traveling east on I-80 and got off the freeway at the Delle exit Wednesday night. The brake light on the truck’s shell cover was not working, a police booking affidavit states.

The trooper asked Ramirez, who was driving the truck, for his license and Ramirez gave him a Utah identification card instead and told the trooper he did not have a license, according to the affidavit.

“I could smell the odor of marijuana emitting from within the vehicle. I asked Ramirez to exit the vehicle and return with me to my patrol vehicle,” the affidavit states. “I conducted a probable cause search of the vehicle at this time. I observed one large duffel bag on the rear floorboard of the vehicle that was filled with several vacuum-sealed packages of a green leafy substance that I identified as raw marijuana. Inside the bed of the pickup, I observed several more large black duffel bags filling the entire bed of the vehicle, also filled with vacuum-sealed packages of raw marijuana.”

In total, troopers found approximately 405 pounds of marijuana in the vehicle and “an assortment of marijuana edible products.”