HUTCHINSON, Kan. – A 33-year-old Pretty Prairie man facing drug distribution charges is scheduled for a preliminary hearing.
Julian Sung Price is charged with possession of marijuana with intent to sell, possession of drug paraphernalia with intent to distribute and no drug tax stamp.
It started with a South Hutchinson Police Officer spotting a vehicle traveling 54 miles per hour in a 45 mile zone in that city. The tag lamp on the vehicle was also out, so the officer made a traffic stop at K-96 and Mills Ave. The officer says he could smell the odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle. The officer then began searching the vehicle and says he found a total of 178 grams of suspected marijuana along with $3,474 in cash.
The hearing is scheduled in front of Judge Joe McCarville.
Price has previous convictions for aggravated battery, the sale of drugs and aggravated assault for cases out of Saline County.