Drug Task Force hauls in over 300 pounds of marijuana in Haywood County

Sheriff Melvin Bond said two people have spent most of the past week in the Haywood County jail, charged in connection with an I-40 traffic stop and drug bust.  Bond said West Tennessee Drug Task Force officer Omar Jundi made the traffic stop February 6 resulting in the arrests.
    Jundi stopped an eastbound U-Haul near mile-marker 47 in Haywood County.  The two occupants consented to a search of the vehicle, according to officials.  Officers say they found 307.7 pound of marijuana stashed in cardboard boxes inside of a freezer being transported in the U-Haul.
    Alfredo Resendez Pacheo, 30, and Priscilla Virginia Abrego, 29, face charges.  Sheriff Bond said Pacheo posted a $50,000 bond Tuesday night and was released.  Abrego remains in jail under $50,000 bond.