YCSO K-9s help seize over 130 pounds of marijuana, including some wrapped as Christmas gifts
By FOX 10 Staff
(Yavapai County Sheriff s Office)
ASH FORK, Ariz. - During a traffic stop on Interstate 40 near Ash Fork on Jan. 7, a Yavapai County Sheriff s Office deputy detected a odor of marijuana emanating from a Toyota Highlander.
According to YCSO, the driver, 50-year-old Phatsavong Rasasy from Alabama, was extremely nervous and deceptive in his answers while talking to the deputy and initially denied that there was any marijuana in the vehicle. He later stated there was a small amount of marijuana, some of which he smoked earlier.