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Md. police seize 42 pounds of pot

By Liz Kay
Baltimore Sun

BALTIMORE Maryland Transportation Authority police arrested two men from South Florida and Georgia on Tuesday after police said they discovered nearly 42 pounds of marijuana in their station wagon during a routine traffic stop on Interstate 95 in Baltimore County.

A police officer stopped the driver of a 2006 Dodge Magnum south of White Marsh for speeding and following too closely, the authority said in a statement.

Raymond A. Sharpe, 25, of Lithonia, Ga., and Dewight Antwain Stephens, 26, of Hallendale Beach, Fla., were each charged with possession of marijuana and other charges, according to the release.

The two, who police said were transporting drugs from New York City to Washington, were being held on $100,000 bail each at the Baltimore County Detention Center, according to the statement.

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