JACKSON COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities are investigating a woman for trafficking large quantities of marijuana into Kansas.
On Saturday, a sheriff’s deputy stopped a 2013 Dodge Durango for a traffic infraction in the construction zone on U.S. Highway 75 near Netawaka, according to Jackson County Sheriff Tim Morse.
Further investigation into the traffic stop led deputies to discover a large quantity of marijuana in the trunk of the vehicle.
The driver, Kristian Renea Shepherd, 36, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, was arrested and is being held in the Jackson County Jail for felony distribution of marijuana, possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, and no drug tax stamp, according to Morse.