Man arrested for illegal pill possession

A 31-year-old Miami Beach man was arrested Wednesday afternoon for possession of 78 pills without a prescription.

Yordani Lazo Tano was also charged with marijuana possession.

Lower Keys Deputy Anthony Wells approached a silver Volkswagen at 1:45 a.m. parked in a parking lot on the 30200 block of Overseas Highway on Big Pine Key. A man, later identified as Lazo Tano, was asleep behind the wheel. Deputy Wells woke Lazo Tano. Lazo Tano opened the door. Deputy Wells immediately detected an odor of marijuana. Deputy Wells searched the car. Deputy Wells found one gram of marijuana in the center console.

Deputy Wells also found two orange prescription bottles in the glove box. One of the bottles had the label ripped off. In total, Deputy Wells found 12 pills identified as Tramadol. He also found 56 pills identified as Cyclobenzaprine. Lazo Tano didn’t have a prescription for either.

Lazo Tano was taken to jail.

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