For further information please contact: Sergeant Dale H. Moreland
(573) 840-9500
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January 3, 2008

EMPHASIS: Traffic Stop On I-55 Results In Drug Arrest


On December 21, 2007, at approximately 4:00 p.m. a member of the Missouri State Highway Patrol stopped a 1991 Volkswagen traveling north on Interstate 55 in New Madrid County for a traffic violation.
The driver Jose G. DeLa Torre, 26, of Mexico, was stopped for a traffic violation. During the course of the traffic stop, permission to search requested and granted. As a result of the search, five pounds of marijuana was located in a black duffle bag in the rear seat. Jose G. DeLa Torre, the driver, and Victorino DeLa Torre, 50, of Arlington, Texas, a passenger, were arrested for possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute and taken to the New Madrid County Jail.
The charges for which Jose G. DeLa Torre and Victorino DeLa Torre were arrested for are mere accusation and not evidence of guilt. Evidence in support of the charges must be presented before a court of competent jurisdiction whose duty is to determine guilt or innocence.



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