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Traffic Stop Leads to Drug Arrest

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Posted at 9:28 PM, Feb 05, 2016
and last updated 2016-02-05 16:36:17-05

LONDES COUNTY, FL. (WTXL) - Lowndes County Deputies pull over a car for speeding and arrest the driver and passenger.

During the traffic stop deputies found marijuana along with hundreds of pills neither one had a prescription for. Jacari Vereen, was driving the car and didn't have a license. During the vehicle search deputies found a dufflebag belonging to the passenger, Nathan Hillmon. Inside the bag they found close to one pound of marijuana and nearly 300 generic Xanax and Oxycodone pills.

Vereen was arrested for the traffic violations, and Hillmon faces narcotics charges.