Two New Mexico residents were jailed in Wichita County after deputies discovered nine pounds of marijuana in the couples car.  18 year-old Adie Marie Bacca and 25 year-old John Thomas Smith, both of Raton, NM, were arrested Sunday near the intersection of US 287 and FM 369.

Smith was arrested and charged with possession and unlawfully carrying a weapon.  As of Monday evening, he was no longer listed as an inmate in the Wichita County Jail.  Bacca was charged with possession of controlled substance.  Bacca remained in the Wichita County Jail under $75,000 in total bonds.

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