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<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; Two men from Brooklyn, New York, were arrested after police allegedly found 30 grams of marijuana and more than 100 prescription pills inside their vehicle on North Sherman Street.</p><p>Jackie Tasheem Wilson, 23, and Justin Ivan Medina, 24, were arraigned in Luzerne County Central Court on drug trafficking charges.</p><p>According to criminal complaints:</p><p>A state trooper encountered a disabled 2003 Chrysler Concorde in the middle of North Sherman Street at about 5:48 p.m. Monday.</p><p>Wilson, the driver, told the trooper he stopped to use a GPS device. During the encounter, the trooper detected an odor of marijuana emitting from the vehicle.</p><p>Wilson told the trooper he was traveling from New York City to see his brother in Wilkes-Barre.</p><p>He later surrendered a plastic bag containing suspected marijuana.</p><p>A search of the vehicle uncovered two additional bags of marijuana, 108 Xanax tablets, small plastic bags and a counterfeit $100 bill.</p><p>Wilson and Medina were each charged with possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, conspiracy with intent to deliver a controlled substance, possession of a controlled substance, possession of a small amount of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and forgery. They were jailed at the county correctional facility for lack of $25,000 bail each.</p><style>
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