Wyoming Highway Patrol arrests Kansas City man for intent to deliver

SUNDANCE (WNE) — A Kansas City man was arrested last week after a Wyoming Highway Patrol trooper found almost 120 pounds of marijuana in his vehicle.

Just after 7 a.m. on October 21, the trooper stopped a driver for speeding on Hwy 212.  As he approached the vehicle, he noticed several large duffel bags in the rear cargo area and a can of air freshener on the front seat.

The driver, Wilbur Dale Mann, said he was driving home to Kansas City, Missouri from Seattle, Washington, where he was visiting a friend. 

He claimed the vehicle had been rented by his boss. However, none of the paperwork he provided related to the vehicle or a rental agreement, according to the trooper, who also reported that Mann’s answers to questions and changing story caused him to suspect Mann was involved in smuggling drugs. 

Mann denied the trooper’s request to search the vehicle, claiming that the duffel bags were probably his boss’s clothes from business trips and that he would not want to give permission to search someone else’s belongings.

When the trooper deployed his K-9 unit on the vehicle, the dog allegedly alerted almost immediately at the rear of the vehicle and again by the rear door.

Inside the bags, the trooper allegedly found vacuum sealed packages of suspected marijuana.

At the Wyoming Highway Patrol Office, the substance inside the bags was confirmed to be marijuana and weighed at 119 pounds.

Mann has been charged with felony counts of possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver and possession of a controlled substance.

This story was published on Oct. 30, 2025.