Kilgore K-9 makes ‘pot’ bust

Kilgore police officer Brady Middlebrooks and the department’s drug dog, Jeroen, with bags containing 161 pounds of marijuana. Kilgore’s canine officers helped to nab a Huntsville man with more than 160 pounds of pot during a DPS traffic stop Tuesday night.

Trooper Robby Dillard pulled over a speeding 2009 Chevrolet Malibu on I-20 at 5:35 p.m. and requested K-9 officer assistance.

KPD Officer Brady Middlebrooks and his partner Jeroen responded and the dog hit on illegal narcotics in the vehicle. A search revealed seven plastic trash bags containing 161 pounds of marijuana.

The trooper arrested Albert Edward Hightower Jr., 21, of Huntsville for felony possession of marijuana and he was jailed in Gregg County with a $10,000 bond. Another man in the vehicle, a 24-year-old from Houston, was not arrested.