ATLANTA — Atlanta police have arrested a man who had a backpack stuffed with drugs in his car.
New body camera video shows an officer pulling over Travious Pitts, 28, for having an obscured license plate at 4:45 a.m. on April 21.
When the officer came up to the car, he smelled marijuana. The officer asked Pitts if he had been smoking in the car.
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“There’s no weed in here,” Pitts told the officer.
Officers searched the car and found a backpack that was full of marijuana. They also found several guns, one of which had been modified to be fully automatic. There was also $36,000 in cash in the car.
“Oh my goodness, all the weed,” the officer can be heard exclaiming in the video.
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Pitts was arrested and charged with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, possession of a sawed-off shotgun or machine gun, possession of dangerous drugs, possession of drug-related objects and display of tag.
He is currently being held in the Fulton County Jail.
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