Western Nebraska Observer - Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First

According to a statement from the Nebraska State Patrol last Tuesday, Oct. 9, 81 pounds of marijuana and 5,000 THC vape cartridges were seized during a traffic stop on Interstate 80 in Kimball County.

This was one of three traffic stops on I-80 which led to five arrests within just three days.

According to the NSP the first traffic stop was Saturday, Oct. 6, when a state trooper observed an eastbound 2018 Cadillac STS fail to move over for an emergency vehicle near mile marker 185. During the traffic stop the trooper detected the odor of marijuana coming from inside the vehicle.

After a sea...