on Wednesday January 17th 2024 at around 11:15 a.m. New Mexico State Police dispatch received a call from a citizen reporting a man in a white Dodge Ram pickup with Texas plates had pulled over just east of Roswell after several marijuana packages had fallen out of the back of the pickup the caller stated that the driver was a white male wearing glasses and had a a gun on his hip a short time later state police officer Kim Sanchez who is at the state police office in Roswell spotted the truck officer Sanchez pulled behind the truck and conducted a traffic stop near the intersection of West 2 Street and Avenue A Street in Roswell New Mexico d hello Sarah how are you officer Sanchez New Mexico State Police so the reason I'm making contact with you is somebody had called you in and said that he observed like large trash bags fall and that it had like large amounts of marijuana pretty much no yeah so that's my reason of contact okay um do you have your driver's license so I know who I'm talking to yes okay get back do you have large bags of trash um trash bags back there no ma'am I don't okay do you know know anything about you pulling off to the side and you dropping a package and picking it up or anything like that I just I stopped about 5 miles back okay and let him use the bathroom as a big gravel area okay but no I didn't throw anything out yeah I guess somebody called you in so that's why we're making contact with you okay okay okay you need my insurance sure 34 so clear for Texas deal 34 F the driver was identified as 53-year-old Don Wester where are you heading to Mr Wester we're coming here to Rosell from Texas or uh okay I went through a divorce I've moved up to Oklahoma recently okay so that's why my insurance is in Oklahoma okay just come out here to visit just to see the aliens on I don't have 10 so you guys were you're moving from Oklahoma to Texas or for to here no no we're just out here visiting me and the dog oh okay okay just to get away okay um do you mind if I do look in the back of your vehicle yeah I'm Nott Bambino 596 I'm not going to let anybody search my vehicle right now okay I just don't you know I told you I don't have anything back there okay and I'm kind of in a not in a hurry I don't guess but okay okay well just stand by okay okay so I made my I told so was you going westbound or westbound can you turn in here yes white mail glasses yes trash bags uh I didn't see no trash bags he has a cover over so I advised him like why I made contact with somebody called him in um about him picking up like a package or something that fell out that might have been drugs or something like that like weed um oh be careful um so I asked him um if I could have do you mind if I look in the back of your vehicle or something and he's saying no he's not going to give me permission to look in the back of the vehicle okay and he might have a gun I don't see it yet his name is Mr Wester I'll go on this side yeah be careful cuz he rolled his window back up okay hello yes sir how are you I'm good how are you good can I see your hands okay so we're going to ask you to step out of the vehicle okay I'm not going you're not going to step out not right no no so we're just going to ask you to step out please okay you're not under arrest or anything we just need to talk to you do you have any weapons in the vehicle you can talk to me right here do you have any weapons in the vehicle no I do not okay so step out of the car please you can talk to me right okay so this is your last chance to step out or we're going to have to remove you so it's your choice sir I just want to talk to you it's a lawful request and you have to step out of the vehicle if you have any weapons just tell me now no I don't have any weapons okay so step out please I'm going to open your door unlock your door please why are you making this difficult because I don't I'm all I'm asking is you for you to step out of the car right and then I step out and then somebody's already called and said I okay so we'll get there I'm just all we're all where we're at right now is to step out of the vehicle okay can you step out just unlock your door all I'm going to do is pat you down and talk to you at the front of my unit that's literally it I don't have anything at all okay I'm asking you to step out you're making this a lot worse how step out of the vehicle how am I making worse sir I'm asking to step out unlock your vehicle and just step out of the car okay I mean you so step out of your car you can talk to me step out of your car you can talk to me right step out of the car unlock your door I'mma break your window I'm going to break your window unlock the [Music] door unlock it how you going how you going to break the window unlock the door unlock the door I'm telling you to unlock the door sir unlock the door why do you want the door un just unlock the door why do I have to get out of the I'm asking you to get out you have to get out unlock your door I'm going reach unlock your door unlock the door for you hey get your baton and break the glass why it's right here unlock the door s I'm going to break the rest of your window and we're going to force you out of the vehicle unlock your door I'm already telling you to unlock it step out of the vehicle he's going to stay in here step out window 34 so driver detain to uh see if there's a k9 available that's going to harm meke me stab me do you have any weapons on right now just them down for [Applause] weapons so at this point sir you're under arrest for resistance okay obstructing so just grab everything out of his pockets I've asked you multiple times I asked you multiple times to get out of the vehicle that's not you are under arrest no uh nothing that's going to harm me poke me stab me anything no uh weapons of any kind nothing like that correct so I'm going to let you know what's going on we had an nominus call that weed fell out of your truck you had a gun on your hip and that's why we stopped you so Anonymous person called I asked you multiple times exit the vehicle which you didn't so now you're under arrest for resisting okay that's what's going on okay like I told her I stopped and left my dog out to use the bathroom down the road all okay so what is the reason for not stepping out of the vehicle when I because requested multiple times you have to get out of the vehicle when a law enforcement officer asked you I explain that to you you have to it's a lawful order I don't get the big deal I don't know why you just no you didn't you didn't drag me out of the car it doesn't matter it doesn't matter I did get out on my own I asked you multiple times and you did not you wrote the window up on me so now you're under arrest and I let it back down too when I got out of the truck my window was all the way down sir I have to ask you multiple times okay want them in Sanchez's uh no no all right so everyone to walk to the back of the unit all right go ahead and sit there try to set your button in first and then don't hit your head okay slide your feet in there okay so sir at this time you are under arrest you have the right to remain silent anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law you have the right to an attorney if you cannot afford an attorney one will be appointed to you do you understand the rights as I've read them to you okay do you wish to speak to me at this time okay yeah he's super like nervous I think he probably I wonder who the I do have they saw her they saw her they saw him drop it out of the back of the bed and he said that I asked him about that like did you do you remember you remember anything about you dropping something or something like that he said that he stopped at the Trel I'm still trying to call your 46 I'll call them back once 46 and that's all he did thank you like you searched some good right yeah I turned out his pockets checked his he had I went all the way around his waistband probably in there imagine it's in the truck you didn't see a holster on him didn't see a holster on him I didn't see any Firearms I was trying to like look while I was talking to him I didn't see anything the dog is hey so there is trash bags black trash bags right here is so's a there's a box of trash bags so that kind of matches the black trash bag story officers requested a canine from Roswell Police to see if the dog detected an odor of Narcotics yeah I'll wait till I'll wait till they come and the dog out that way I can get a just that way the dog doesn't interfere with my dog yeah yeah but he's he I was talking to him doesn't want to look at you he's he's nervous and she asked for consent already and he said no she asked him for consent right off the bat like after talking him for a little bit he said the dog it's a pit that he said the dog was friendly but I don't know you're always friendly to the owner yeah all right yeah so and then you're taking them where do you guys usually take them City K 7:05 East M okay I'll let him know does he have 705 no um I'll get with him let me ask him that and then uh I'll let him know also if just give me a name to put it under so they can hold it for okay thank you do you have a family member that can come pick up the dog yeah if I can call them okay cuz they'll have a there's an address that I'll give them where they can come pick it up that's where the dog's going yeah if I can get a number off of my phone okay I call my sister all right we'll we'll let know we'll let the animal control know but I'm like dang like that's weird like an anonymous caller would give all that like it's weird it's just a weird kind of but I guess like but I'm thinking how did it drop out of the bed you know what I mean like I because what it sound like it dropped out of the bed while he was driving he pulled over to go pick it up unless he was fidgeting with his stuff and accidentally dropped it while pulled over on the side of the road so that's what the caller said yeah but he didn't want to step out where you on the property said okay we're going to break it he's like okay I'll ask uh ask the name of the person that's going to pick up the dog and then ask where his phone is okay Hey sir what's the name I think you said it was your sister that was going to pick up the dog right mhm what's her name does it matter I'm going to run it to them so so they can contact her cuz we're going to need to know where your phone is also my phone's in my truck it's in your truck we're at in your truck right there on the uh air V in the on the air vent okay and then your sister's name will you give that to me yeah it's candy k a n d i k a n d mhm okay and same last name name W okay and does she live locally no she lives in Texas she lives in Texas also okay all right thank you sir I appreciate it in New Mexico you're only allowed to legally possess 2 oz of marijuana can you actually call [Applause] radio the can9 alerted to the driver's side rear and passenger side rear of the vehicle Thunder 5 [Music] Thunder phone is on the air V on the air vent on the air V like on the dashboard come we can get it did he say and then uh candy Wester she lives in Texas Okay Candy Wester and the dog did alert so now we're going to do search for it take it to the office search for and then ask him if we can grab his phone Hey sir would you uh give us permission to get your phone out of your truck yes okay thank you hey Okay just grab it from the oh after he's done just grab it from the driver's side so he can call that person okay but don't don't let him use his phone for anything else like no text messages just call and that's it let me call conf I saw that I saw some messages I didn't get to read him though he was texting somebody on my on my he's calling and yes sir I'm not going to give permission to to get in my phone I'll just wait I'll just wait and call her okay so we don't have permission to get your phone or anything anything out of my truck okay all right thank you sir hey negative okay he res sended it no can't get his phone don't get in the truck anything K9 yeah so she when I ran her on the first the first pass this way she alerted on the back door and I wanted to see if she would if I could get her to the bed and see what she says back there nothing on the bed but same back passenger door back pass so both both rear doors the seems is what she's alerting on so if I had to guess it's probably something might be in the back seat okay I did I saw a black bag and our doger to we either yeah that's what I told Sanchez I was like I don't their dogs on alert to weed so I mean I would doubt it if he alerts but you never know he could have you know what I mean yeah have anything so we we proof our dogs also weed so like every now and then we'll do our trainings we'll throw some weed out just to make sure that they're not alerting on oh that's good it's just it's just cuz you know everybody a lot of people smoke weed so you have your legal stuff he just wanted me to let him know that if he pulls it like that it could mess up the transmission Hey sir so they're getting ready to tow your truck um is there any way that you'd allow us to open it up and put it in drive or put it in neutral or anything like that cuz if he pulls it like this it could cause some pretty damage to the to the Dodge [Music] there okay all right thank you station station I can have to Country so drag it Mr West's truck was towed to the state police office where a search warrant was sent off to a judge a short time later the judge sent an approved search warrant back the officers searched the truck and located 9.62 lb of marijuana in the bed of the truck in black trash bags 51,6 15 under the rear seats in a gift bag approximately 1.5 o of cocaine under the rear seats in a black zipper bag and a stolen 38 revolver on the driver's side floorboard in a red bag Mr Wester was charged with distribution of synthetic cannabis trafficking Controlled Substances possession of drug paraphernalia receiving stolen property and resisting evading or obstructing an officer