MOUNTAIN PARKWAY – A Floyd County man was arrested early Wednesday morning after a traffic stop yielded a significant amount of methamphetamine.
According to the arrest citation, just before 4 a.m. on October 7, Magoffin County Sheriff Deputy N. Watson reported that he was on patrol, going eastbound on the Mountain Parkway when he came up on a vehicle, driven by Caleb Patrick McIntosh, 29, of Langley. As Langley passed the officer, Deputy Watson noted that the vehicle didn’t have its rear license illuminated, so he caught up with the vehicle, observing it reportedly swerve over the white line multiple times.
Deputy Watson initiated a traffic stop and observed McIntosh to have glassy, bloodshot eyes, according to the citation, as well as demonstrated slightly slurred speech.
McIntosh was asked to exit the vehicle and Deputy Watson observed a slight odor of marijuana omitting from him. When asked if he had smoked marijuana, McIntosh reportedly told police he had several hours prior. When asked if he had anything in the car, McIntosh told police he did not, according to the police report. McIntosh was detained at this point.
A female passenger in the vehicle was asked to step out of the vehicle, and she told police she had something in her leggings, which had rolled out of the bottom next to her house shoes.
Police found a bag containing a rocky-type substance, believed to be methamphetamine, weighing 23.44 grams.
The female passenger told Deputy Watson that McIntosh had reached her the bag of methamphetamine, and she did not attempt to conceal it after she was asked to step out of the vehicle, according to the citation.
McIntosh admitted to police when he saw the officer leave his location and start traveling in the same direction as him, he reached the methamphetamine to the female passenger, according to the police report.
McIntosh was arrested and taken to the Big Sandy Regional Detention Center, where he remains at press time, and charged with the following: operating a motor vehicle while under the influence, first offense (aggravating circumstance); first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance, first offense (greater than or equal to 2 grams of methamphetamine); buying or possessing drug paraphernalia; rear license not illuminated; and tampering with physical evidence.
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