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A Sidney man was arrested Monday in New Hampshire after a New Hampshire state trooper discovered 21 pounds of marijuana in the trunk of his car during a traffic stop on Interstate 95 in North Hampton, police said.

New Hampshire State Police said in a news release that Jakob Lemieux, 27, had been stopped while heading north at about 2:20 p.m. by Trooper Travis Brown for a moving violation. Brown conducted a road side investigation and found the marijuana in the trunk of Lemieux’s 1990 Chrysler Le Baron.

Lemieux was charged with possession of a controlled drug with intent to distribute. He was arraigned Feb. 20 at Rockingham Superior Court.

 

Beth Quimby reports on Maine on the weekends, when most Mainers are off the job and anything can happen. She worked for newspapers since she was in high school when she started out on her father’s New...

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