Drugs Found in Longview Traffic Stop

LONGVIEW – A DPS traffic stop in Gregg County has resulted in a drug bust. The car was stopped by the state trooper for tailgating another car. Dalton Tyler Ledford, 26, of El Paso was first arrested for not having a driver’s license. Then a smell of marijuana led the trooper to a duffel bag on the back seat, which contained multiple bundles of high-grade marijuana. Ledford has been charged with with delivery of marijuana, failure to ID and no drivers license. Ledford, who has a tattoo on his left calf that reads “kill cops,” was booked into the Gregg County Jail.