Mother, daughter arrested with trunk full of pot in North Carolina

Thursday, October 5, 2017
HILLSBOROUGH, North Carolina -- Two women were arrested in North Carolina Monday after police found the trunk of their car jammed full of marijuana.
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The Orange County Sheriff's Office said it happened just before 10 p.m., when a deputy pulled the women from California over on I-40 East near Mebane for a routine traffic violation.

The marijuana out of the trunk


During the course of the investigation, the deputy asked for assistance from a Mebane Police Department K-9 unit. After arriving, the dog alerted to the odor of illegal drugs in the trunk of the car. When officers opened the trunk of the Toyota Camry, they found 130 pounds of marijuana packed inside.

Ruth Paez Diaz of San Jose California and her daughter Briann Marie Diaz

images courtesy Orange County Sheriff's Office


The driver of the Camry, Ruth Paez Diaz of San Jose, California and her daughter Briann Marie Diaz of San Francisco, California were each charged with two counts of trafficking marijuana and are in the Orange County Detention Center under a $100,000 secured bond.
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The women will appear in court later this month.
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