Woman found with 221 pounds of weed during traffic stop in Montgomery County
Ryan Shiner
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
A woman was arrested and charged after a trooper allegedly found 221 pounds of marijuana in her vehicle during a Thursday traffic stop on Interstate 70 in Montgomery County.
Briana Roberts, of Spanaway, Washington, was charged on Friday with first-degree drug trafficking and endangering the welfare of a child. She is being held without bond at the Montgomery County Jail. A court date has not been scheduled.
A Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper wrote in the probable cause statement that he pulled over a 2025 Chrysler Pacifica with Utah plates after the driver drove it too close to a tractor-trailer and the trooper noticed the plates were expired.
The trooper noted that a child was in a booster seat and several recently purchased duffle bags were seen throughout the vehicle. The child was apparently not in the proper restraint and Roberts was brought to the trooper’s patrol car, the statement says. Roberts refused to allow the trooper to search the vehicle, but a search warrant was obtained and roughly 221 pounds of weed was found throughout the various duffle bags in the vehicle, the statement says.
Roberts allegedly told the trooper she was moving to Atlanta, Georgia, and gave the trooper a different Washington state address than what was listed on her driver’s license, the statement says.
She allegedly denied knowing about the weed in the car, court documents say.