LPD K9 Patrol Nabs Drugs on Bus

Marcus Medina

On Monday, January 07, 2013 at approximately 12:18 PM officers utilized K-9 Wiley and Officer Cope to sniff the Greyhound Bus in the 1000 block N. Main Street. 

K-9 Wiley alerted to a bag on the bus which rendered two brick shaped packages which smelled of marijuana.  Officers checked the contents in the packaging which was consistent with packaging used to transport illegal narcotics. 

The contents rendered 639 grams of marijuana which converted into approximately one and a half pounds.  Officers were informed the subject seated where the marijuana was located fled on foot.

Officers later located the subject, found to be Marcus Medina in the 800 block S. 6^th Street, where he was taken into custody and held at Prowers County Jail on a $30,000.00 bond.