Cops: Speeding driver had marijuana in car
A Westbury man stopped for speeding on the Meadowbrook State Parkway Sunday in Uniondale faces felony drug charges, State Police said.
Jason Rankine, 25, was driving a black Lexus 74 mph in a posted 55 mph zone south on the parkway near Hempstead Turnpike at about 4:10 p.m., police said.
Troopers detected an odor of marijuana coming from the car as they interviewed Rankine and they searched his car, according to a news release.
Troopers said they found a backpack in the trunk with more than one pound of marijuana.
Rankine was arrested and charged with criminal sale of marijuana and criminal possession of marijuana, each a felony, and several traffic violations, police said.
He was scheduled for arraignment Monday at First District Court in Hempstead.
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