Broken Tail Light Ends in Westtown Drug Bust

A broken tail light led police to a large amount of marijuana and a suspected drug dealer on West Chester Pike in Westtown Thursday morning.

Westtown East Goshen police say a Chevy Tahoe being driven by a 36-year-old Coatsville man was stopped by an officer who "detected an odor of marihuana coming from the interior compartment of the Chevy Tahoe.  The driver of the Chevy Tahoe.. admitted to having an amount of marihuana on his person and Ortiz was placed under arrest and his vehicle secured."

When police searched the car they say they "seized approximately one pound of marijuana, packaging material, a digital scale and records related to the trafficking of (an) illegal controlled substance."

The man was arraigned and jailed in Chester County Prison on a $10,000 cash bail. He faces a preliminary hearing in the case Tuesday in District Court 15-02-03.