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Man Nabbed With Lots Of Pot

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By Joe  Seelig | Highlands Today

Published: February 1, 2008

SEBRING — It wasn't a load of peaches a Georgia man was stopped transporting Wednesday afternoon through Highlands County.

The man remained in Highlands County Jail in lieu of $2,000 bail Thursday, after he was stopped while transporting enough marijuana to make 900 marijuana cigarettes, according to the sheriff's office.

Shane Carlton, 21, of Cornelia, Ga., was booked on charges of possession of narcotics equipment to manufacture or deliver and distribution of marijuana.

According to the arrest report, the car Carlton was driving was seen speeding doing 72 miles per hour in a 65 mph zone by K-9 Deputy Tom Fort.

Deputy Robinn Singles got behind the 1994 Toyota and conducted a traffic stop. Singles was going to release Carlton with a written warning, however Fort's K-9 partner Zeus was walked around the car. Zeus alerted to drugs in the vehicle.

Carlton told the deputy that he and has passenger had smoked some pot in the car earlier in the day.

A search revealed some marijuana residue on the seat, and a cigar package between the seats with four cigars and some loose marijuana. In the trunk, deputies found a Nike shoe box with a Hefty plastic bag with 427 grams of marijuana, enough to roll about 900 marijuana cigarettes.

Also found in the trunk was a .40-caliber High Point rifle, next to the pot.

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