Pittsburgh police find gym bag full of marijuana

Pittsburgh police on Friday arrested a Beechview man after they said they found a duffel bag full of marijuana in a truck he was driving in the Windgap neighborhood.

Public Safety Spokeswoman Sonya Toler said Zone 6 officers were checking reports of a suspicious vehicle about 7:30 p.m. near Chartiers Avenue and Mayfair Street when they located the truck with two men inside and a noticeable smell of marijuana.

The truck's occupants consented to a search and the officers found the driver, Garfield Campbell, 40, of Beechview had a small plastic baggie of marijuana in his pants pocket and $2,050 in cash; in the back of the truck was a black gym bag containing 19 large plastic bags full of marijuana.

Campbell was arrested and charged with felony possession with intent to deliver, and misdemeanor possession of marijuana. The passenger was not arrested.

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