Rohnert Park K9 Unit Locates Drugs in Routine Stop

Submitted by Reset News Feed on Mon, 01/14/2013 - 11:34am

A Rohnert Park police K9 unit found drugs in a car during a routine traffic stop Friday morning, police said.

Riley Ansell, 31, of Windsor, was pulled over in the 4900 block of Golf Course Drive at about 11:45 a.m. Friday for not wearing a seatbelt, police said.

During the stop, the officer who performed the stop smelled marijuana odor coming from inside the car, according to police.

The officer called another officer, who brought a K9 unit, named Enzo, to assist with a search of the car, police said.

In the search, Enzo found a marijuana cigarette, a methamphetamine pipe and 2.1 grams of suspected methamphetamine in the passenger compartment, police said.

Ansell was booked into Sonoma County Jail on suspicion of possession of a controlled substance and controlled substance paraphernalia, police said.