Philip H. Tarbell, a former chief of the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe of New York, has been charged with first-degree criminal possession of marijuana.
Tarbell, 67, once led an anti-drug march on the reservation, The Watertown Daily Times reported. He carried a banner that read "Akwesasne Against Drugs," the paper said.
Tarbell was charged in state court after police found about 23 pounds of marijuana in his car.
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(The Watertown Daily Times 12/16)
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