PHILLIPS COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities are investigating three out-of-state suspects after a traffic stop led to the discovery of a large quantity of marijuana in Phillips County, according to a social media report from the sheriff's office.
Just before 9:30 a.m., Saturday, deputies were dispatched to assist a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper on Highway 383 near West 1300 Road.
A trooper had stopped an out-of-state vehicle for speeding and discovered a large quantity of marijuana in the vehicle. While taking one of the subjects into custody, the subject resisted arrest and fled into an adjacent cornfield. The other two subjects were taken into custody without incident.
State troopers from all over northwest Kansas responded including the KHP aircraft. Phillips County deputies, K9 Fritz and a drone were deployed searching for the subject who fled.
At approximately 10:50 a.m. the suspect was located in a creek near West 1300 and Granite Road and was taken into custody without further incident, according to the department.
All three suspects including 37-year-old Jesus Javier Llanna-Rodriguez 20-year-old Eduardo Vasquezperez and 21-year-old Andely-Salvador Oliva Zamora, according to online booking records, were transported to the Phillips County Jail on requested charges of possession of marijuana with intent to distribute and no drug tax stamp. The suspect who fled faces additional charges of interference of a law enforcement officer and battery of a law enforcement officer.