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Monday, January 30, 2017
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Howe Officers seize kilo of methamphetamine
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Officers Martinez and Milks pose with their findings. Submitted photo. According to a Howe Police Department press release, two of their officers seized over two pounds of methamphetamine during a traffic stop on U.S. Hwy 75 early Monday Morning. Chief Carl Hudman reported that on January 23, 2017 around 1:13 am, Howe PD Detective Keith Milks and Officer Oscar Martinez stopped a vehicle on Northbound U.S. Hwy 75 for a traffic violation. After speaking with the driver and passenger and noticing nervousness and conflicting travel plans between the two occupants, Milks asked for consent to search the car. Officer Martinez, who is fluent in Spanish, translated for Det. Milks during the encounter. The 25-year-old passenger claimed ownership of the car and granted the officers’ request to search. Det. Milks found a large clear bag of a crystallized substance that he believed was methamphetamine secreted in an area under
the passenger side windshield wiper base. After the officers removed the bag, they fieldtested a portion of the substance and it tested positive for methamphetamine. It had a total weight of 2.75 pounds. Officers also seized a set of digital scales from inside the car, less than a gram of cocaine from the 27-year-old driver’s wallet and 1.4 grams of methamphetamine from the passenger. Officers seized $1,871.00 in currency from the suspects and intend to file civil forfeiture proceedings against it. According to Chief Carl Hudman “This is the largest drug seizure by Howe officers in many years, if not the largest ever.” He estimated the street-value of the drugs to be anywhere from $90,000 – $100,000”. Arrestees: Pablo Garcia-Camacho, Guadalupe Oriz-Martinez
FM 121 traffic to be detoured to FM 902 due to temporary closure https://www.hitchl.com/
PARIS – Texas Department of Transportation officials today announced that the temporary closure of a portion of FM 121 in Grayson County has been tentatively rescheduled for Feb. 6 due to a delay in relocating a power line. The planned two-week closure will affect traffic on FM 121 east of Massey Road and westward to Muncy Road, and is also dependent on favorable weather conditions.
Message boards along FM 121 alerting drivers to the new schedule were updated today. If wet, inclement weather occurs the closure and road work may be postponed and rescheduled again, TxDOT officials said.
Those who travel frequently in this area may want to drive alternate routes while this work is underway. TxDOT officials asked drivers to pay special attention to all signs, barricades and During that time, contractor AK Gillis & Sons, traffic controls, and to reduce their speed as Inc., will complete pavement work as part of they approach work zones. They should also the widening and improvement project avoid distractions such as cell phones, eating, currently underway along FM 121 from drinking, or car audio or navigation systems Gunter, Texas, to Van Alstyne, Texas. Traffic when driving. will be detoured to FM 902.
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