A driver on probation for speeding at 100 miles per hour in Kansas prematurely thanked a West Des Moines police officer for only giving him a warning ticket during a stop.
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An SUV driven by an Ankeny man was stopped in West Des Moines by officers acting on a tip that two Iowa men were possibly carrying a load of marijuana from Denver, CO, to the Ankeny-Altoona area. Police arrested the pair on drug charges early Tuesday morning after the department’s drug dog sniffed out trouble.
Authorities confiscated two large duffel bags filled with marijuana and a bag containing cash that was found in the SUV’s glove compartment.
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Also seized was a 2007 blue Chevrolet Trailblazer in which the drugs were found after a search by the police department’s K-9 officer, Rony.
The driver, Ian Kenneth Playle, 22, of 2002 N.E. Cortina Drive in Ankeny, initially thanked West Des Moines Police Officer Ryan Anderson for giving him warning tickets for faulty equipment after stopping the blue Blazer near the Interstate 35/80 mixmaster in West Des Moines.
According to Anderson’s police report, Playle “thanked me for not writing him tickets, because he was on probation for doing over 100 mph on the Kansas Turnpike.”
But the troubles were just beginning for Playle and his passenger, Travis Eugene Wharton, 32, of 6724 N.E. 56th St. in Altoona.
Officer Brent Kock and his K-9 partner, Rony, were at the scene. After the men refused to allow a search of the vehicle, they were asked to step out of the car while Rony sniffed inside. The dog hadn’t been in the vehicle long when Kock told the other officers to detain the subjects, according to Anderson’s report.
A body search of Wharton turned up a large amount of cash in his front pocket, which police seized. According to the report, Wharton asked police to count it in front of him, which police said they would do later at the jail.
The two suspects were turned over to the M.I.N.E. (Mid-Iowa Narcotics Enforcement) task force, which is continuing the investigation.
