THC filled candies nets arrests

Daphne man stopped on I-65 at midnight for no headlights jailed on $1.5 million bond for 13 pounds of marijuana products

A Daphne man stopped on Interstate 65 Saturday about midnight driving with no head lights or tail lights, now sits in the Escambia County Detention Center in Brewton on $1.5 million bond after the trooper found about 13 pounds of marijuana products that included gummie bears edibles, vapes and liquid containing THC levels higher than allowed by law.

THC (Tetrahydrocannabinol) is the drug compound found in marijuana, which is illegal in the state of Alabama.

Derrick Lee Cotton, 48, 7231 Cypress Ave., Daphne, Ala., was charged with trafficking THC and unlawful possession of marijuana II.

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