Driver hands officer meth during traffic stop when asked for registration, complaint says
WASHINGTON (TND) — A routine traffic stop in West Virginia ended with two arrests after a police officer said the driver handed him methamphetamine in addition to his vehicle registration.
On Sunday, an officer with the Bridgeport Police Department conducted a routine traffic stop on Interstate 79 in Bridgeport on 57-year-old Roy Porter because his car's West Virginia license plates didn't match with the vehicle.
The officer told The National Desk when he asked Porter for his vehicle's registration, Porter handed him a registration packet. While doing so, a bag of "crystal-like substance" believed to be meth fell out of the packet. Lab reports later came back showing it was indeed 4 grams of meth in Porter's bag, a criminal complaint states.
More police arrived, including an officer who deployed his dog Asta to sniff the vehicle for drugs. Asta alerted her handler there were drugs in the vehicle.
Police discovered a passenger in Porter's car, 19-year-old Jared Mayle, had 220 grams of meth with him.
Both Porter and Mayle were arrested and booked into the North Central Regional Jail and Correctional Facility in Greenwood, W.Va.
Porter faces one charge of conspiracy to commit a felony while Mayle faces two charges; conspiracy to commit a felony and possession of meth with intent to deliver.
