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Welfare check leads to Meth arrest
Tuesday afternoon the Allen PD was alerted to be on the lookout for a gray Kia. The vehicle had a welfare call on it as the driver was asleep inside in the Walmart parking lot, but before the Ada Police got there the car left the area.
Allen officers Dylan Brown and Jeff Chambers waited on Hwy 1 when two cars matching that description came by; Officer Brown stopped one and Officer Chambers made contact with the other. After Officer Brown released his stop he assisted Chambers in questioning the occupants.
Officer Brown received consent to search the passengers purse, while Chambers questioned the driver. During the search they discovered 113.8 grams of methamphetamine under the seat along with baggies and paraphernalia. Chief Darrel Armstrong assisted and gave the driver a field sobriety test which showed a strong possibility of impairment.
The driver, a Calvin man; he was charged with DUID, trafficking, possession of paraphernalia, and possession of CDS-meth. The passenger was charged with possession of CDS-meth
Both the driver and passenger were taken to Pontotoc County Detention Center.