When Deputy Joshua Leyk approached the driver of a green Ford pickup, pulled over along Interstate 90 near the Harrison exit last spring, he noticed the man had cottonmouth.

Which made sense, because the inside of the pickup smelled like pot, Leyk wrote in a report.

When the occupants of the pickup truck with Louisiana license plates opened the glove box to rummage for their proof of insurance and registration, Leyk said he saw a jar of dispensary marijuana.

The two men said they had a .45 pistol in a backpack in the backseat.

Leyk’s search of the pickup turned up 20 pounds of marijuana packaged in vacuum-sealed, one-pound bags, according to a report. The pickup’s owner was arrested for trafficking marijuana, and eventually charged with possession of marijuana with intent to deliver. The felony carries a fixed three-year prison term.

Crishun J. Singleton, 39, who posted bail to secure his release from jail after the May 21 felony arrest, was back in Coeur d’Alene’s First District Court this week where he was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 100 hours community service as part of a three-year, suspended prison term.

Singleton had signed a plea agreement but asked to bend the rules and be allowed home arrest instead of jail time.

“I won’t consider home arrest,” District Judge Lansing Haynes said. “You made an agreement.”

Haynes ordered Singleton to waive extradition, to not leave the state without permission, to consent to searches, and have no firearms, alcohol or drugs as part of his two-year probation agreement.

The men had marijuana-growing materials in the pickup truck, according to deputies, as well as marijuana oil, seeds, and a scale.

Brandon Garrett, Singleton’s traveling companion, was also charged with possession of drugs with intent to deliver. He will be sentenced Jan. 17.

The I-90 pot bust was the biggest of last year, deputies said.