From Tribune staff reports
IRONDALE, Ala.–Detectives with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office seized nearly 50 pounds of marijuana during a traffic stop on Wednesday, which led to the arrest of three suspects on drug charges.
Detectives found a total of 22,679 grams of marijuana loaded into suitcases in the back of the suspects’ vehicle. The drugs and $5,727 were seized by detectives.
All three suspects–Dennis Alexander Marroquin, Yolanda Alessandra Tapia, and Alexandro Marcos Favela–have been charged with drug trafficking and are in the custody of the Jefferson County Jail.
Marroquin, 42, and Tapia, 41, are being held without bond.
Favela, 41, has a bond of $500,000.
The traffic stop occurred at I-20 East and Kilgore Memorial Drive.
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