360 lbs of marijuana seized in New Braunfels with help from K-9: police

K-9 sniffs out 360 pounds of marijuana

In New Braunfels, a K-9 sniffed out hundreds of pounds of marijuana during a traffic stop.

NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas - 360 pounds of marijuana were discovered during an early morning traffic stop on Thursday after a four-legged member of the New Braunfels Police Department's K-9 unit alerted officers.

On Thursday, April 4, at approximately 3:10 a.m., New Braunfels police conducted a traffic stop on a silver Chevy Silverado pickup truck in the 100 block of Creekside Way in New Braunfels.

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Sophie with recovered marijuana (New Braunfels Police Department)

During the traffic stop, Sophie, a member of NBPD's K-9 unit, alerted to the vehicle, leading officers to the discovery of approximately 360 pounds of marijuana.

The driver, 39-year-old Manuel Roy Martinez Jr. of Laredo, was taken into custody without incident and transported to the Comal County Jail.