WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. — Arkansas State Police Troopers conducted a series of successful traffic stops along Interstate 40 between July 9 and July 13, 2025, resulting in the seizure of over 163 pounds of illegal marijuana and the arrest of multiple individuals on felony charges.
Troopers intercepted four separate vehicles during traffic stops in Pope, Faulkner, and Crawford counties.
On Sunday, July 13, 2025, at approximately 2 a.m., Troopers stopped a 2008 Chevy Impala for a traffic violation on I-40 eastbound at the 82-mile marker near Russellville. Troopers discovered 10 pounds of individually wrapped illegal marijuana bundles in the trunk. The driver, Demarcus Towns, 40, of Charleston, Mississippi, was taken into custody and transported to the Pope County Detention Center. He was booked on felony charges of Possession with Intent to Deliver, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and other traffic violations. Towns said he was traveling from Oklahoma…