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Salt Lake City police say that for the second time in as many weeks, the keen noses of Greyhound Lines employees foiled a would-be marijuana smuggler.
Detective Dennis McGowan said the alleged culprit this time was a 33-year-old Louisville, Ky., man trying to carry a duffel bag of pot off a bus when it stopped at the downtown depot at 600 W. 300 South.
McGowan said that as the man was exiting the coach about 7 p.m. Thursday, Greyhound security officers sniffed the aroma of weed coming from him. The officers tried to stop the man, but he dropped his bag and ran — only to be located nearby shortly thereafter by a Salt Lake City police dog dispatched to the depot.
Inside the duffel bag police found 8 pounds of marijuana with an estimated street value of more than $25,000, McGowan said.
"Greyhound employees have been very alert to this kind of thing, from the security officers to baggage handlers and other employees," McGowan said.
The suspect was booked into the Salt Lake County Jail, where he remained Friday without bail on suspicion of felony marijuana possession.
On March 18, Greyhound employees discovered a suitcase packed with 11 pounds of pot as they unloaded the luggage compartment of a bus. The alleged owner of the case, a 40-year-old Carbondale, Ill., man, was arrested and charged in that incident.