Large pot bust in St. Cloud

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Jan 24, 2013 at 3:59 pm

ST. CLOUD, Minn. (KNSI) - An anonymous tip led to a major drug bust of 33 pounds - or over $100,000 worth of pot in St. Cloud.

Just after 5 am Thursday morning, 38 year old Jason Alan Follan disembarked from his Amtrak train arriving from Oregon.

Members of the Central Minnesota Violent Offender Task Force were there to greet him after receiving an anonymous tip suggesting Follan might be arriving in St. Cloud.

Authorities were also told that Folland would have been in possesion of drugs, which proved to be true.

Folland was busted with 33 pounds of marijuana, valued to be worth $130,000.

Folland also has active warrants in Hennepin County for felony theft and a driving charge.

He's facing charges of third degree possession of a controlled substance.

Posted By Abby Faulkner

Assistant News Director

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