Man arrested in Albion with 10 pounds of pot

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By KLEW Web Staff

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Maple Valley, Washington man arrested after he arrives at a residence where he allegedly had been delivering marijuana on a regular basis for the past year.

Story Published: Dec 1, 2009 at 2:12 PM PST

Story Updated: Dec 1, 2009 at 2:12 PM PST

COLFAX - A Maple Valley, Washington man was arrested on marijuana charges Monday night after a month-long investigation by the Quad Cities Drug Task Force.

Task Force commander and Whitman County Sheriff Brett Myers says 27-year-old Robert R. Richter was arrested a little after 6 pm in Albion.

Myers says Richter was arrested at a residence where it's believed he had been delivering marijuana on a regular basis for over a year. Detectives searched Richter's pickup and found over 10 pounds of processed and packaged pot. They also confiscated over $32,500 in cash.

Myers said the street value of the marijuana is about $50,000.

Richter was booked into the Whitman County Jail on charges of Conspiracy to Deliver a Controlled Substance and Possession of Marijuana With Intent to Deliver.

He was scheduled to appear in Whitman County Superior Court Tuesday afternoon.

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