AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) - An Amarillo man will spend 60 years in prison for drug possession.

Court documents show that in November 2024, an officer with Amarillo Police Department was on patrol when he saw a Hyundai driving west on Amarillo Boulevard with a broken rear tail light.

The officer pulled the car over near North Cleveland Street and East Amarillo Boulevard and told the driver, Leopoldo Thomas Salazar II, why he stopped him.

Observing that the driver seemed nervous, the officer asked to search the car and got consent.

A search turned up a container in the center console that contained what was confirmed by laboratory testing as 5.32 grams of methamphetamine.

Salazar was booked into Potter County Detention Center on a charge of drug possession, more than 4 grams but less than

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