MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Memphis Safe Task Force announced the arrest of an undocumented man following a traffic stop that led to multiple criminal charges.
Around 7:20 Wednesday evening, a Task Force member stopped 31-year-old Juan Osmar Sanchez-Palacios in the area of Sam Cooper Blvd and the Graham St. exit ramp, after a trooper saw the car he was driving straddling the left and center lanes.
According to records, Sanchez-Palacios told the trooper he did not have a driver’s license and showed his Mexican passport. While speaking with the official, he admitted to smoking marijuana inside the car with his friends and said the authorities could search his car.
According to the affidavit, officers found him with a gun, a large quantity of illegal drugs, cash, and assorted drug paraphernalia – including 16 cigar wrapper packages filled with marijuana, a large number of plastic baggies, and a scale…