Traffic stop leads to drug arrest

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Idaho State Police
District 5 5205 South 5th Ave.
Pocatello, Idaho 83204-2299
(208) 236-6466 FAX: (208) 236-6068

For Immediate Release: 11/26/14 5:20 p.m.
Please direct questions to the District Office

On Wednesday, November 26, 2014, at approximately 2:41 p.m. the Idaho State Police stopped Peter Laurenzano eastbound on Interstate 86 at milepost 62, near Chubbuck. Laurenzano, 56, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was arrested and taken to the Bannock County Jail for possession of 47.1 pounds of marijuana and $2,452 in cash. He is being charged with felony trafficking and possession of drug paraphernalia. The drugs are worth approximately $144,000.00.

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