Crime & Safety

Enzo the K9 Finds Suspected Meth, Pot at Sonoma County Traffic Stop

Police pull over Windsor man in RP for allegedly not wearing seat belt.

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.

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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.

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

---By Bay City News Service.


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