August 11, 2020
By News Director Jared Atha
The Texas Department of Public Safety announced Monday the seizure of 137 pounds of assorted THC products on Friday, after a Texas Highway Patrol Trooper stopped a vehicle in Gray County in the east Texas Panhandle.
A press release stated that at approximately 9:37 p.m., a DPS Trooper stopped a 2019 Jeep Cherokee traveling east on I-40 near McLean, for a traffic violation. The Trooper then discovered six large boxes containing assorted THC products in the rear area of the vehicle.
The driver, 18-year-old Giovanni Virzi and passengers, 44-year-old Salvatore Virzi and 28-year-old Joshua Anderson, all of Winter Haven, Florida, were arrested and charged with felony possession of a controlled substance. Giovanni Virzi, Salvatore Virzi, and Anderson, were transported and booked into the Gray County Jail.
The drugs allegedly were being transported from Nevada to Winter Haven, Florida.
