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Posted: 11:00 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012

Altoona police arrest couple, find $20K worth of drugs inside home

By Melanie Gillespie

ALTOONA, Pa. —

A traffic stop led Altoona police on another drug bust in the city early Sunday morning.

Police pulled over a Trailblazer driving by Latasha Morgan in front of her house on Washington Avenue.

Police said she was arrested on suspicion of driving drunk.

Her husband, Jermaine Morgan, was also there and arrested for allegedly having a stolen gun.

Police said when Morgan was arrested, she told police her children were still at home without any supervison.

Police obtained a search warrant for the home and found 10 and a half pounds of marijuana inside, worth nearly $20,000.

Investigators also found more than $7,000 in cash and a scale.

Both are in the Blair County Jail.

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