Alleged I-49 marijuana shipment hauler waives hearing

Jeff Lehr, The Joplin Globe, Mo.
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May 20—MOUNT VERNON, Mo. — A Massachusetts man charged with hauling more than 100 kilograms of marijuana-based products through Missouri has been ordered bound over for trial on a trafficking charge.

Narciso T. Semedo, 42, of Brockton, Massachusetts, waived his preliminary hearing Monday in Lawrence County Circuit Court on a charge of first-degree trafficking in drugs. The court set Semedo's initial appearance in a trial division on May 28.

The case file on the state's electronic court records system lacks public access to its probable-cause affidavit. But the complaint filed with the court alleges that on or about Jan. 6, Semedo was caught in possession of "100 kilograms or more of a mixture or substance containing marijuana."

Information on a related misdemeanor states that he was stopped in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 44 in Lawrence County for failure to drive on the right half of the roadway.

Jeff Lehr is a reporter for The Joplin Globe.