The Arizona Daily Star reports that Arizona Department of Public Safety officers found 197 pounds of marijuana in a vehicle on Highway 90, just six miles south of Benson. Now the 27-year-old driver of the 2005 Suzuki SUV faces serious legal trouble.
The driver, Luis Xavier Montiel, was arrested last month and was booked into the Sierra Vista jail on suspicion of possession/transportation of marijuana for sale, driving on a suspended driver's license and aggravated DUI. The DPS officer said that he had originally stopped the 2005 Suzuki SUV for a cracked windshield, according to ABC News.
Many Arizona residents may forget that posession of marijuana or any controlled substance while driving a vehicle can lead to a DUI charge. However, the Marijuana Policy Project reports that many people across the United States are wrongfully arrested for driving under the influence of drugs each year, because the blood and urine tests that detect THC levels are not all that accurate. Motorists who only have small traces of THC in their system, that are left in their body from days before, are often convicted of DUI; even if they were completely sober at the time they were driving.
This is why it's important to have an experienced Arizona DUI attorney by a defendant's side in aggravated DUI cases. A DUI lawyer can often prove that drug test results are inaccurate.
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Related Resources:
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Arizona Marijuana Laws (FindLaw)
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Drug Distribution/Trafficking (FindLaw)
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Arizona DUI Attorney Directory (FindLaw)
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