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Javier Castro Flores, a 44-year-old Mexican citizen, was arrested in San Benito Tuesday after a routine traffic stop. According to San Benito police, Flores was driving the vehicle in which approximately four pounds of marijuana was allegedly found in the back seat of his vehicle. (San Benito Police Department photo)
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ
Staff Writer
reporter@sbnewspaper.com
What was supposed to be a routine traffic stop turned into a bust when four pounds of marijuana were discovered in a vehicle Tuesday, March 8 at approximately 12:30 p.m.
San Benito Police Officer Guadalupe Ayala stopped a white 1999 Ford Explorer on the 500 block of East Expressway 83. As Ayala began to interview the driver, identified as 44-year-old Mexican citizen Javier Castro Flores, he allegedly identified himself with a Mexican identification card, according to Lieutenant Martin Morales of the San Benito Police Department (SBPD).
“Officer Ayala noticed that the guy was extremely nervous; (he) was shaky and his hands were shaking,” Morales said. “Ayala started to get suspicious, because when somebody starts acting that way during a traffic stop, it’s one thing to be nervous but he was showing extreme nervousness.”
Morales said Ayala discovered a cardboard box in the back seat of the Explorer allegedly containing four pounds of marijuana, an estimated street value of $600.
The lieutenant said Flores was charged with possession of marijuana, a third degree felony, and was given a $40,000 bond during his arraignment Wednesday morning. Morales said Flores would be transferred to Carrizalez-Rucker Detention Center in Olmito and may eventually be transported to Mexico.
For more on this story, pick up a copy of the March 13 edition of the San Benito News.
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