Tempe Police reported the following incident Thursday:
A 20-year-old Chandler woman was arrested July 11 a on the 3500 block of South Rural Road on suspicion of marijuana and paraphernalia possession, according to a police report.
An officer had been traveling northbound on Rural Road when he noticed a white Toyota Cordova make a U-turn where a sign said “no U-turns,” police reported.
The officer conducted a vehicle stop and asked the woman for her drivers license while she explained what she had done to get pulled over, according to the report.
The woman gave police consent to search the vehicle, and the officer soon located a ziplock bag that contained a usable quantity of marijuana underneath the driver’s seat , police reported.
Upon further inspection, the officer also found a glass pipe with some burnt residue in the center console, which he identified as paraphernalia, as well as a small weight scale, according to the report.
The car’s passenger, who had been sitting in the passenger seat of the vehicle, also gave consent to a search of her purse, police reported.
Inside her purse, the officer found a container that smelled distinctly of fresh marijuana along with some green leafy residue in the bottom of the bag, according to the report.
On the passenger side of the vehicle, there was a small zipper back that contained several lighters and a grinder with a small amount of marijuana residue inside, police reported.
During an interview, the driver admitted to owning the items in the car, though she said the scale belonged to the passenger, according to the report.
The passenger admitted to having marijuana in her purse and stated that the substance belonged to her “baby daddy,” police reported
The woman was booked into Tempe City Jail and released on pending drug charges, according to the report.
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