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Whoa, that’s a lot of pot.

Still, we feel for Brandon James Manger, 23, who was caught with it all in his SUV last night just north of Klamath Falls by Oregon State Police. Manger is from the Bend area, according to OSP.

I mean, maybe he gets really bad headaches and that’s his medicine. Definitely looks like he might have a headache.

Expensive medicine, though. Troopers estimate the herb’s value at $250,000 minimum. 

This article appears in May 10-16, 2012.

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Bend Area Man Busted with 107 Pounds of Pot

by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon
May 9, 2012

<h1>Bend Area Man Busted with 107 Pounds of Pot</h1> <p class="byline">by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />May 9, 2012</p> <p><img title="weed bust" src="http://www.flashalertnewswire.net/images/news/2012-05/1002/54188/050812.hwy97mp246.mj.JPG" alt="" width="450" height="338" /></p> <p>Whoa, that's a lot of pot.</p> <p>Still, we feel for Brandon James Manger, 23, who was caught with it all in his SUV last night just north of Klamath Falls by Oregon State Police. Manger is from the Bend area, according to OSP.</p> <p><img title="brandon manger" src="http://www.flashalertnewswire.net/images/news/2012-05/1002/54188/Brandon_Manger.JPG" alt="" width="200" height="208" />I mean, maybe he gets really bad headaches and that's his medicine. Definitely looks like he might have a headache.</p> <p>Expensive medicine, though. Troopers estimate the herb's value at $250,000 minimum.&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/bend-area-man-busted-with-107-pounds-of-pot-2140410/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=19256&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/bend-area-man-busted-with-107-pounds-of-pot-2140410/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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