NEWS: License or not, man busted for marijuana possession

Juan A. Santana told a police officer he had a license from California that entitled him to possess medical marijuana. Nevertheless, he was arrested by an Ocala police officer and charged with drug possession.

Late Thursday, Officer David Vale was heading south on South Pine Avenue approaching the Southwest 10th Street intersection when he saw a red Chevy pickup run the stoplight.

The officer stopped the vehicle, which Santana, 30, was driving. While approaching the vehicle, the officer noticed Santana tossing what appeared to be a marijuana cigarette out the window, according to the officer’s report.

The officer said he smelled a strong odor of marijuana inside the pickup. A K-9 unit alerted on the driver’s side door, and the officer saw a small bag of marijuana, the report said. The officer said he found several more bags of marijuana in the man’s pants pocket.

Searching the vehicle, officials found three blue bottles that contained marijuana. The label on the bottles read “Hooked on Chronic,” the report said.

Santana later told the officer he had a medical marijuana license from California, and received all his supply from a doctor. He also told the officer that he purchased the drug for personal use from the Internet.

The marijuana weighed 20.5 grams. Santana was arrested and taken to the Marion County Jail.

Source: OCALA.com

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