Miami man caught with marijuana

U.S. Customs working together with the Sheriff’s Office arrested a Miami man with 7 pounds of marijuana Tuesday evening.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection followed a suspicious truck towing a boat with several engines to #45 Boundary Lane on Big Coppitt Key. The truck, driven by 33 year old Yascel Garcia of Miami, stopped at that location at about 7:30 p.m. Garcia and another man unhooked the boat, then parked the truck next to it. Sheriff’s Office road patrol deputies and Special Investigations Detectives responded as back up as officers approached Garcia.

They asked for Garcia’s permission to search his vessel and his truck. In the rear of the truck, they found a large duffel bag with marijuana inside. Garcia told the officers it belonged to him. The marijuana weighed 7.2 pounds. Garcia was charged with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute. His truck and his boat were seized for possible forfeiture. Garcia was booked into jail.