(Logan, OH) – Hocking County Sheriff Lanny E. North reports that on Monday July 1, 2013 members of the Hocking County Sheriff’s Office Sheriff’s Interdiction Unit (SIU) stopped a vehicle on Laurel Run Road for a traffic violation.
After making the stop, deputies identified the driver as a 36 year old male, of Coshocton, Ohio. Deputies had the man exit his vehicle and while patting him down for weapons Deputies asked the man if he possessed anything illegal. The man stated he had a bag of methamphetamine which was later identified as what is to be believed “ice”, a street term for methamphetamine. The bag contained .3 grams of the substance.
HCSO K9 Emma performed a sniff of the vehicle and indicated that an odor of illegal narcotics were in the vehicle. A subsequent search of the vehicle produced additional drug paraphernalia and small plastic baggies.
Evidence seized during the arrest will be submitted to the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation and Identification Crime lab for scientific testing.
The man was arrested and charged with Possession of Drugs (F5) and Permitting Drug Abuse (F5) and transported to the Southeastern Ohio Regional Jail to await arraignment.
Another male occupant in the vehicle was also arrested on outstanding warrants from Fairfield County and transferred to their facility for incarceration.