DALLAS (AP) - A casket minus a cadaver yielded nearly 100 pounds
of marijuana after a traffic stop by Dallas police.
     
William Dale Crock of Cave City, Ark., was jailed Friday on
$100,000 bail on a marijuana possesion charge, plus traffic and
seat beat violations. Lew Sterrett Justice Center online records
had no listing for an attorney for Crock.
     
Crock was arrested Wednesday when bundles of marijuana were
discovered under the casket's cover and pillow.
     
Sr. Cpl. Kevin Janse (JAN'-see) told The Associated Press that
the van turned up during surveillance on a suspected drug house.
     
Police stopped the van in Mesquite, after noticing Crock not
wearing a seat belt, plus he allegedly ran a red light and did an
improper lane change.
     
A drug-sniffing dog alerted officers to the casket in the van.
     
     
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