(FOX40.COM) — Following a routine traffic stop, a 31-year-old man was arrested for multiple drug offenses on Tuesday, according to the Nevada County Sheriff’s office.
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On Sweetland Road in North San Juan, two deputies observed a vehicle being driven with an inoperable left brake light and no license plate. Authorities said that after the deputies initiated a traffic stop, the man was identified as Terry Lorraine Harkins. NCSO said he did not have a valid driver’s license, proof of insurance or registration for the vehicle.
A third deputy arrived with K9 Riggs to assist during the contact, NCSO said. K9 Riggs walked the vehicle and immediately alerted his deputy handler of suspected narcotics. A search of the vehicle was performed, and deputies uncovered individually packaged substances, suspected to be methamphetamine, among other individually packaged narcotics, officials said.
According to authorities, deputies also located a pistol, which was not registered to Harkins, along with a high-capacity magazine loaded with 31 rounds of live ammunition.
Harkins was arrested and booked into Wayne Brown Correctional Facility on the following charges:
- Ex-felon in possession of a firearm
- Possession of a controlled substance while armed
- Possession of a hard drug with two priors
- Possession of a controlled substance
- Possession of a narcotics-controlled substance
- Carrying a loaded firearm in public or a vehicle
- Carrying a concealed firearm in a vehicle
- Operating a vehicle without a driver’s license
- Possession of unlawful paraphernalia
- Possession of a large-capacity magazine
Emma Kidger
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