A traffic stop Wednesday morning on Interstate 80 near mile marker 7 in Pott. County, resulted in the arrest of the driver on drug charges, and the recovery of 91 pounds of marijuana. Sheriff’s officials say a deputy stopped a 2017 Hyundai Elantra for speeding at around 10:20-a.m., on I-80 eastbound in Council Bluffs.

A Sheriff’s K9 was deployed and conducted a “free air sniff” around the vehicle. The dog alerted to odor of narcotics inside the vehicle, and the driver, 21-year old Gabriel James Swisher, of Glendale, WI., was given a warning for speeding. Swisher, who is a student at the University of Wisconsin at LaCrosse, was then asked for permission to search the vehicle. He refused, but a probable cause search was conducted based on the indications given by the K9. During the search, several vacuum sealed packages of marijuana were located and seized into evidence. Swisher was arrested for Drug Possession/Delivery of Marijuana.

The Pott. County Sheriff’s Office said also, a man whose vehicle ran out of gas Wednesday afternoon in Pottawattamie County, flagged down a Sheriff’s Deputy and then turned himself in for Driving While Barred. 32-year old Nicholas John Horgdal, of Henderson, was on the way to see his girlfriend, when the 1997 Ford F-250 truck he was driving, ran out of gas. After his status of being barred from driving was confirmed, Horgal was placed under arrest and the owner contacted to retrieve

And, a records check on man who was visiting an inmate at the Pott. County Jail, Wednesday, resulted in the visitor being arrest, after it was determined he had a warrant for 5th degree Theft. 26-year old Justin Lee Renk, of Carter Lake, had his visit cut short. He was taken into custody without incident and booked into the jail.