Police Arrest West U Resident For Possession Of Marijuana

By: Sara Waisanen on Thu, Jan 6, 2011

Crime Reports

Police arrested a 25-year-old West U resident on Dec. 30 for possession of marijuana.

Police arrested a 25-year-old West U resident on Dec. 30 for possession of marijuana.

Officers were patrolling in the 5800 block of West Point around 2:20 a.m. and noticed a male sitting in the driver’s seat of a parked vehicle.

As police drove past the vehicle, another male came out of the bushes, crossed the street and got in the passenger side of the vehicle.

Officers initiated a traffic stop and could smell marijuana coming from the vehicle as they approached the suspects, police said.

During the investigation, officers found a baggie containing six grams of marijuana in the vehicle.

The passenger, Lanson Jones, admitted that the marijuana was his, police said.

Jones was arrested and transported to Harris County jail.

The driver was not charged and was released.

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