Portland Man Arrested With 117 Pounds Of Pot In SUV

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Oregon State police arrested a Southeast Portland man who they said had approximately 117 pounds of marijuana in his SUV. A trooper stopped Paul William Houfek, 31, for a speeding violation on Highway 140W near Lakeview, Ore. Thursday afternoon. The trooper and a drug-detecting dog discovered 117 pounds of pot inside a large gun safe in Houfek's SUV. The pot was inside 94 different sealed packages, police said. The estimated street value of the marijuana is $290,000, according to police. The trooper took Houfek to the Lake County Jail on several drug charges.

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