Trucker Caught With Pot Headed To District Court

By John Larson

SOCORRO – The preliminary hearing for Lincoln A. Kelly, arrested Sept. 29 in Magdalena for transporting almost $1 million worth of marijuana in a semi, was held Wednesday in Magistrate Court. Judge Jim Naranjo bound the case over to District Court.
Deputy District Attorney Ricardo Perry is prosecuting the case. Kelly was arrested by after being notified by Arizona Highway Patrol to be on the look out for the White Freightliner semi following a lead car, a 2000 Mercedes Benz. The semi was pulled over on Highway 60 in Magdalena. The bundles of marijuana were found behind several pallets of pistachios.
Marshal Larry Cearley learned that the 648 pounds of pot was being transported to New Jersey and New York.
The driver of the lead car, Derrick A. Singh of Ft. Lauder-dale, Fla., and recently released from the Arizona Corrections Dept. for money laundering and controlled substance charges, was questioned and released by New Mexico State Police.
Kelly faces one count of possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute (more than 100 pounds), a class three felony. If convicted he could be spending the next three years in prison.

Trucker Caught With Pot Headed To District Court