MARION COUNTY, Fla. — Marion County deputies say a recent traffic stop led to a rare drug seizure.
During the traffic stop Thursday on Interstate 75, a K-9 officer alerted to deputies to a drug odor inside.
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Deputies say hash oil was stored in 800 e-cigarette pens. Marion County drug specialists say they have never seen this much hash oil while working the road or in training.
The street value of the recovered hash oil is more than $90,000, according to the Drug Enforcement Administration.
The suspects were traveling from California to Miami. Thirty-four-year-old Jonmichael Debettencourt is being held on a $60,000 bond and 30-year-old Nicolas Portillo is being held on a $50,000 bond.