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A former Orange County political activist who helped draft recent marijuana legalization initiatives was arrested in Texas last week on suspicion of transporting more than $1 million worth of cannabis.
Samuel Hershel Clauder II, 64, was driving a Chrysler minivan outside Wichita Falls on Feb. 22 when a Texas trooper stopped him for a traffic violation, according to a news release from the Texas Department of Public Safety.
A police dog signaled it smelled narcotics in the vehicle, the release said. In the back seat, authorities said, the trooper discovered duffel bags containing 174 pounds of marijuana.
In a telephone interview with the Register on Monday, Clauder said that “all of the numbers are extremely exaggerated.”
He declined to discuss details of the arrest but insisted the $1 million figure released by Texas authorities is “more than 10 times” the value of the marijuana in question.
Clauder was arrested on suspicion...
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