{"id":7038,"date":"2016-12-08T23:40:12","date_gmt":"2016-12-08T23:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/?p=2263622"},"modified":"2016-12-08T23:40:12","modified_gmt":"2016-12-08T23:40:12","slug":"colorado-deputy-finds-180-pounds-of-marijuana-mixed-in-with-tractor-trailers-onion-load","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/colorado-deputy-finds-180-pounds-of-marijuana-mixed-in-with-tractor-trailers-onion-load\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado deputy finds 180 pounds of marijuana mixed in with tractor-trailer\u2019s onion load"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/colorado-deputy-finds-180-pounds-of-marijuana-mixed-in-with-tractor-trailers-onion-load\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p>A sheriff\u2019s deputy in southeastern Colorado found just over 180 pounds of marijuana mixed in among a load of onions being hauled by a tractor-trailer\u00a0last week.<\/p>\n<p>Sam Zordel, sheriff of Prowers County, said the discovery was made Dec. 1 on U.S. 287 near the\u00a0Gobblers Knob Rest Area, some 20 miles south of Lamar.<\/p>\n<p>The deputy pulled over the truck after its driver allegedly stayed in the highway\u2019s passing lane. Zordel said the tractor-trailer was headed from Brighton to Naples, Fla. <\/p>\n<p>Authorities say the driver allowed the deputy to search the trailer after being issued a warning for failing to drive in a designated lane.<\/p>\n<p>The Prowers County Sheriff\u2019s Office says the pot was stashed in 11 bundles inside the trailer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was three wrapped in trash bags and eight in like Saran Wrap or cellophane,\u201d Zordel said.<\/p>\n<p>The driver was not arrested, and authorities continue to investigate the case. The marijuana, however, was seized.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A sheriff&#8217;s deputy in southeastern Colorado found just over 180 pounds of marijuana mixed in among a load of onions being hauled by a tractor-trailer last week. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6811,6812,6813,77,6814,6815,9,5019,1,3,61,1736],"tags":[6816,6817,6818,2655,6819,6820,5022],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7038"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7038"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7038\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}