Three men are facing numerous felony charges after a drug bust on I-29 in Andrew County.

Kyle Landaverde, 22 of Oregon, Cody Casada, 24 and, Christopher Muse, 24 both of Kentucky are each charged in Andrew County with three felonies for distribution, two felonies for possession, one felony for unlawful use of a weapon, a misdemeanor for possession, and three misdemeanors for unlawful use of drug paraphernalia.

According to court documents on Tuesday just before 12:30 p.m. Sgt. M. Wilhoit with the Missouri State Highway Patrol stopped a 2012 Nissan Maxima on southbound I-29 just past the 59 Hwy turnoff for speeding.

“Upon contact with the driver from the front passenger side window, I detected the odor of raw marijuana from inside the vehicle,” Wilhoit said. “I conducted a probable cause search of his vehicle.”

Muse was reported to be driving the vehicle with Casada as the front seat passenger and Landaverde seated in the left rear.

“I asked both passengers to step out of the vehicle and stand at the front.  A thorough search of the vehicle revealed several different luggage bags with marijuana inside plastic containers that Muse and Casada admitted to purchasing in Colorado,” Wilhoit said. “I also located a container of pills and a folded sheet of wax paper which contained a large piece of manufactured THC shatter.”

Wilhoit said he found a Glock 27 .40 caliber handgun inside Casada’s bag.

All three are being held in the Andrew County Jail each on $100,000 bond.