Traffic Stop Yields Over 100 Pounds of Marijuana
HOPKINSVILLE POLICE
OFFICER TONY SIERRA MADE A TRAFFIC STOP ON A VEHICLE
THURSDAY MARCH 12TH SHORTLY AFTER 12:00PM WHEN HE NOTICED IT
TRAVELING NORTH BOUND IN THE SOUTH BOUND LANES OF FORT CAMPBELL
BOULEVARD. ONE OF THE DEPARTMENT'S K-9 UNITS,
SPIKE, WAS AT THE SCENE OF THE STOP AND INDICATED ON
THE VEHICLE. A SEARCH OF THE VEHICLE YIELDED SEVERAL LARGE SEALED
PACKAGES OF MARIJUANA WITH A TOTAL WEIGHT OF 112.5 POUNDS.
ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH TRAFFICKING IN MARIJUANA WAS 20 YEAR OLD
GUILVI PERALES QUINTEROS OF SOUTH ONEAL AVENUE.
QUINTEROS WAS LODGED IN THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY JAIL. THE
DEPARTMENT'S SPECIAL INVESTIGATION UNIT ALSO ASSISTED
WITH THE STOP.