Paranoid men driving high with 20lb of marijuana called police to report themselves
Authorities in Idaho have released a 911 phone call that resulted in a
drug trafficking arrest.
The call, released by the Rexburg Police Department, details an incident
nearly a year ago on Jan. 23, 2015, when two out-of-state drug
traffickers got high and called police to turn themselves in.
Leland Ayala-Doliente, 22, and Holland Sward, 23, were traveling from
Las Vegas to Bozeman, Montana, with some 20 pounds of marijuana.
Court documents show the men were using marijuana during their trip and
when they entered Idaho, they felt they were being followed by
undercover police officers.
Rexburg Police Cpt. Randy Lewis said that at the time they weren’t being followed by anyone.
Once they reached Rexburg, the pair exited US Highway 20, parked their
car and called 911. They said they just wanted the police to stop
following them.
When police officers arrived, they say both men had their hands behind
their heads. Court documents show Sward said to an officer, “We got
caught and we’re surrendering.”
Investigators found 20 pounds of marijuana inside a dog cage that the
suspects had placed on the sidewalk. There was also $567 in cash inside
the car. Ayala-Dolitente and Sward were each charged with one felony
count of trafficking marijuana.
In June, Sward pleaded guilty to possession with intent to deliver,
amended down from an original charge.
Sward was given a five-year sentence to prison. District Judge Greg
Moeller suspended the judgment and placed Sward on probation for five
years and ordered him to serve 30 days in jail.
Ayala-Doliente was sentenced to one and a half to eight years in prison
in November. Moeller increased the sentence after Ayala-Doliente tested
positive for marijuana, cocaine and oxycodone on his sentencing day.
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