Over 2,800 cartons of cigarettes seized during traffic stop

Megan Fayard
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The West Tennessee Drug Task Force seized illegal drugs and over 2,800 cartons of cigarettes during a traffic stop Friday.

According to officials, agents with the Highway Interdiction unit out of the 30th Judicial District conducted a traffic stop on a Ford F-350 on I-40 for a traffic violation.

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A search of the vehicle revealed a 1/2 pound of Khat, an imported hallucinogenic drug with a high potential for abuse, and 2,861 cartons of untaxed cigarettes, reports say.

  • Khat, an imported hallucinogenic drug (Photo courtesy of the West Tennessee Drug Task Force)
    Khat, an imported hallucinogenic drug (Photo courtesy of the West Tennessee Drug Task Force)
  • Over 2,800 untaxed cartons of cigarettes were seized during the traffic stop (Photo courtesy of the West Tennessee Drug Task Force)
    Over 2,800 untaxed cartons of cigarettes were seized during the traffic stop (Photo courtesy of the West Tennessee Drug Task Force)

The items were seized and a man was arrested. The identity of the man has not been revealed.

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