Traffic Stop Leads to Drug Arrest

NACOGDOCHES – A Nacogdoches traffic stop has resulted in a drug bust. In custody is Thomas A. Porter, 35, of Pleasureville, Kentucky. A state trooper stopped him for speeding on U.S. Highway 59. Porter gave the officer permission to search the pickup and the horse trailer it was pulling. Inside the trailer the officer found a false compartment in the roof. Inside was 113 pounds of marijuana and nearly one thousand Hydrocodone pills. Now, the speeding ticket is the less of Porter’s troubles. He has been charged with first-degree felony possession of a controlled substance and possession of marijuana, a second-degree felony.