DPS Traffic Stop Leads to Drug Seizure (DPS-Northwest Texas Region)

February 24, 2021
Drug Seizure

AMARILLO – The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) seized 915 pounds of assorted THC products Tuesday, after a Texas Highway Patrol Trooper stopped a vehicle in Oldham County. 

At approximately 10:00 a.m., a DPS Trooper stopped a 2021 Chevrolet Suburban traveling east on I-40 near Vega, for a traffic violation. The Trooper then discovered the THC products inside multiple large cardboard boxes in the vehicle.

The driver – Dung Truong, 32, Culver City, California - was arrested and charged with felony possession of a controlled substance. Truong was transported and booked into the Oldham County Jail. 

The drugs were allegedly being transported from Los Angeles, California, to Chicago, Illinois.

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