A traffic stop for expired registration in the parking lot of Taco Bell on Solano Street ended up as a drug bust thanks to the good nose of Oso, Corning police Sgt. Jeremiah Fears’ canine partner.
Tehama County sheriff’s Deputy Eric Patterson made the traffic stop about 11:15 a.m. on Friday. During contact with driver Eric Scott, 52, of Gilroy, and an adult male passenger, the deputy suspected drugs may be in the vehicle.
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Patterson called for the assistance of Fears and Oso to do a search of the Ford F150 pickup. Oso alerted to truck, leading the officers to locate a box in the pickup’s bed containing what was reported by police to be approximately 1.5 pounds of processed marijuana in two plastic bags.
A small amount of marijuana and a smoking pipe was reportedly found in the center console of the pickup’s cab.
Scott was arrested on suspicion of possession of marijuana and transportation of marijuana, and booked into the Tehama County Jail.
