An arrest of a driver on the Turner Turnpike recently resulted in the seizure of 85 pounds of marijuana and a felony drug charge being filed.
Formal charges of trafficking in illegal drugs were filed March 7 in Lincoln County District Court against Zeng Ling Wang, 49, of Frederick, Md. He appeared before Special Judge Emily Mueller and she set his bond at $75,000.
She scheduled his prepreliminary hearing for May 23.
State Trooper Matthew Ludwig, in a probable cause affidavit, stated he made a traffic stop on Wang after first observing him traveling in the left lane of travel with no vehicles in the right lane. The trooper said he paced the vehicle driven by Wang going 53 miles per hour in a minimum 60 miles per hour zone.
Ludwig reported Wang’s vehicle immediately went to the left lane and then back to the right lane before stopping on the shoulder after he had activated his emergency equipment to conduct the traffic stop.
The trooper said as he made a passenger side approach, he could detect a strong odor of raw marijuana emitting from the truck bed under a tonneau bed cover.
During a probable cause search of the vehicle, the trooper stated he located three black trash bags with vacuum sealed bags of marijuana in the truck bed. He later weighed the marijuana which was approximately 85 pounds.