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Traffic stop leads to drug arrest

Updated: Saturday, 05 Jan 2013, 9:12 PM EST
Published : Saturday, 05 Jan 2013, 8:54 PM EST

LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WISH) - A routine traffic stop in Lafayette led to the arrest if a 24-year-old man and multiple drug related preliminary charges.

An Indiana State Police trooper stopped a vehicle for a traffic violation on Interstate 65 near the 175 mile marker shortly after 5:30 p.m. Friday.

The trooper was advised there was a small amount of marijuana in the car and called for his K-9 partner to search the vehicle.

The K-9 officers found approximately one pound of marijuana and a small amount of cocaine, according to a release.

Samuel D. Johnson, 24, was arrested and preliminary charged with possession of marijuana, over 30 grams, a Class D felony, possession of cocaine, a Class D felony, dealing marijuana, a Class D felony, and operating while intoxicated, a Class A misdemeanor.

Johnson was taken to the Tippecanoe County Jail.
 

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