VICKSBURG, Miss. (WLBT) – Officers from the Vicksburg Police Department, with the assistance of the K9 unit, located a “substantial amount of marijuana” inside a vehicle while conducting a traffic stop Sunday evening.
Both the driver and passenger were arrested at the scene.
The driver of the vehicle was Tayvion Pope, 22, from Vicksburg, and the passenger was Robert Ward, 24, from Port Gibson.
At the time of the arrest, Pope was out on bond for a previous possession charge.
Pope and Ward were arraigned in Vicksburg Municipal Court earlier Monday with Pope’s bond set at $300,000 and Ward’s bond set at $200,000.
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