Crime & Safety

Man Found in Possession of 13 Bags of Marijuana

Lower Southampton Police were investigating the report of suspicious males when they found a man in possession of suspected marijuana while walking in a Trevose neighborhood.

Police discovered a man was in possession of 13 bags of suspected marijuana after receiving a report of suspicious men in a Trevose neighborhood.

Lower Southampton Police received a report of two suspicious males walking in the area of 2nd Street and Avenue D in Trevose Jan. 8 at around 12 p.m.

Officers observed two subjects matching the description of the two males walking along Brownsville Road near Avenue A. Officers finally caught up to the subjects and made contact with them.

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While speaking to the subjects, officers told the one, a 30-year-old Philadelphia resident, to keep his hands out of his pockets. He kept putting his hands in his pockets after being advised not to.

Officers conducted a search of the man to search for weapons -- according to the police report his behavior indicated that he could be concealing a weapon or contraband.

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At this time, officers found the suspected marijuana, which was concealed in his pants pocket.

The subject was placed under arrest. A summons will be filed upon receipt of drug identification from the crime lab.

The above information was supplied by the Lower Southampton Police Department. For full details from the police reports, click on the attached PDF file.


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